kephalo-
(ˈkɛfələʊ)
var. form of cephalo-, combining f. Gr. κεϕαλή head, preferred by some, as in kephalograph, kephalometer, kephalotomy, etc.
| 1802 Gentl. Mag. July 602 The ingenious contrivance of the Kephalometer, or head-measurer. 1876 S. Kens. Mus. Catal. No. 3731 Kephalograph. 1890 Sat. Rev. 15 Feb. 186/2 The violent kephalotomic method for the abatement of party spirit proposed by Swift. |