cephalic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /sɪˈfælɪk/|/ˈsɛfəlɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A remedy that benefits the head or brain. obsolete
    — […] recover their Sight […] by the use of Bleeding, Purging, Blistering and Cephalics.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to the head.
    — The objective of this study was to identify the factors predictive of the success of external cephalic version (ECV). […] The study shows that transverse foetal presentation, a senior physician operator, multiparity, as well as a non-anterior placental location are factors predictive of the success of ECV.
  2. Of or relating to the head.; Of or relating to the brain.
    — I was at the Mathematical School, where the Maſter taught his Pupils after a Method ſcarce imaginable to us in Europe. The Propoſition and Demonſtration were fairly written on a thin Wafer, with Ink compoſed of a Cephalick Tincture. This the Student was to ſwallow upon a faſting Stomach, and for three days following eat nothing but Bread and Water. As the Wafer digeſted, the Tincture mounted to his Brain, bearing the Propoſition along with it.
  3. Of or relating to the head.; Of or relating to the cephalon (the head of a trilobite).
  4. Toward the head; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to superior.
  5. Headlike; cephaloid.

词形变化

more cephalic comparative most cephalic superlative cephalick alternative cephalics plural cephalick alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
acephalic acrocephalic auriculocephalic autocephalic brachiocephalic brachycephalic caudocephalic cephalic fin cephalic index cephalic vein cervicocephalic dicephalic dolichocephalic dorsocephalic eucephalic extracephalic gnathocephalic hippocephalic holocephalic intracephalic mecocephalic mesocephalic noncephalic oculocephalic orocephalic orthocephalic platycephalic postcephalic procephalic radiocephalic supracephalic tectocephalic transcephalic tricephalic ventrocephalic
相关词
cephalo- -cephalic

词源

词源 1
From Middle French céphalique, from Latin cephalicus (“head”), from Ancient Greek κεφαλικός (kephalikós, “capital”), from κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
词源 2
From Middle French céphalique, from Latin cephalicus (“head”), from Ancient Greek κεφαλικός (kephalikós, “capital”), from κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
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