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cephal-
cephal- (ˈsɛfəl) combining form of Gr. κεϕαλή head, as ˈcephalad adv. Zool. [-ad], towards the head; cephaˈletron (sɛfəˈliːtrɒn) Zool. [Gr. ἦτρον abdomen], Owen's name for the head or anterior division of the body of some of the crustaceans, as the king-crab; hence cephaletral adj.; ˌcephalhæmaˈtoma...
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Plagiocephaly
Etymology
Ancient Greek πλάγιος (plagios) 'oblique, slanting', from PIE plag- 'flat, spread', from *plak-, and Modern Latin cephal- 'head, skull, brain
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cephalin
▪ I. cephalin1 Zool. (ˈsɛfəlɪn) [ad. F. céphalin (A. Schneider 1875, in Arch. Zool. Exp. Gen. IV. 518), f. Gr. κεϕαλή head + -in1.] = cephalont.1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 858 A Polycystid possessing all three segments is known as a Cephalin or Cephalont. 1912 E. A. Minchin Introd. Study Pro...
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cephalont
cephalont Zool. (ˈsɛfələnt) [f. cephal- + Gr. ὀντ-, ὤν, pres. pple. of εἶναι to be, exist.] A protozoan parasite at the stage of development in which an epimerite is attached to the anterior cyst.1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 854/1 The epimerite serves to attach the parasite to its host... The phase in wh...
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Neoclassical compound
Some are composites of other elements, such as encephalo- brain, from en- in, -cephal- head; and -ectomy cutting out, from ec- out, -tom- cut, -y, a noun-forming
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