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单词 cephalic
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cephalicadj.n.

/sɪˈfalɪk/
Etymology: < French céphalique, < Latin cephalicus, < Greek κεϕαλικός belonging to the head, < κεϕαλή head.
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to the head, situated in the head; of the nature of a head.
a. Physiology and Biology. cephalic artery: the common carotid artery on either side. cephalic ganglia: the anterior ganglia of the nervous chord in Arthropoda and Mollusca, answering to the brain of higher animals. cephalic index: a number indicating the ratio of the transverse to the longitudinal diameter of the skull. cephalic-median (or median cephalic) vein: ‘the outer..division of the median vein which joins with the radial vein to form the cephalic vein’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). cephalic vein: the principal vein of the arm, so called because the opening of this vein was anciently supposed to relieve disorders of the head.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [adjective]
capital?c1225
cephalic1599
cephalical1599
cephalistic18..
proral1894
the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [noun] > specific vein
middle veina1398
portaa1398
saphena1398
funisa1400
sciaticaa1400
guidesc1400
haemorrhoidc1400
salvatellac1400
liver veina1425
median?a1425
mesaraic?a1425
sciatic?a1425
venal artery?a1425
sciat1503
organal vein1523
axillar?1541
weeping vein1543
port-vein1586
lip-vein1598
nose vein1598
sciatic vein1598
cephalic vein1599
hollow vein1605
jugular1615
scapulary1615
subclavian vein1615
umbilical vessel1615
basilica1625
porter-vein1625
neck vein1639
garter-vein1656
matricious vein1656
sacred vein1656
subclavicular1656
subclavial1664
vertebral1718
portal vein1765
cava1809
satellite vein1809
brachial1859
innominate vein1866
precaval1866
postcava1882
precava1882
postcaval1891
Vesalian vein1891
sciatic1892
subcardinal1902
the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > artery > [noun] > specific artery
arterial vein?c1425
adorthy1525
subethal1525
temporal?1541
veiny artery1543
share artery1545
aorta1594
cephalic artery1599
subclavia1615
venous artery1650
subclavicular1656
pulmonary1707
cœliac artery or axis1713
renal1721
radial1723
carotid1741
ranine1753
femoral1754
hypogastric1774
iliac1782
pudical1803
articular1808
pudic1824
anonyma1832
internal mammary1835–6
iliac artery1840
transverse artery1842
innominate artery1866
innominate1879
thyroid axis1881
hyoid1883
medicerebral1889
coronary1893
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > primitive brain
cephalic ganglia1835–6
archicerebrum1881
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > mollusc or shell-fish > parts of mollusc
ungulaa1382
mantlea1475
trunk1661
diaphragm1665
lid1681
operculum1681
ear1688
beard1697
corslet1753
scar1793
opercle1808
pleura1826
pallium1834
byssus1835
cephalic ganglia1835–6
opercule1836
lingual ribbon1839
tube1839
cloak1842
test1842
collar1847
testa1847
rachis1851
uncinus1851
land-shell1853
mantle cavity1853
mesopodium1853
propodium1853
radula1853
malacology1854
gill comb1861
pallial cavity1862
tongue-tootha1877
mesopode1877
odontophore1877
pallial chamber1877
shell-gland1877
rasp1879
protopodium1880
ctenidium1883
osphradium1883
shell-sac1883
tooth-ribbon1883
megalaesthete1885
rachidian1900
scungille1953
tentacle-sheath-
the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [noun]
cephalic index1866
index1866
cranial index1868
orbital index1877
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 1/2 The Cephalick vayne on the hande, behinde the thumbe.
1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Cephalic arterie consists of two branches which, springing out of the great artery, ascend up into the head.
1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius v. 401 Order reigns in each cephalick cell.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 763/1 Each pair is a counterpart of..every other pair, without even excepting the cephalic ganglion.
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 34 There is sometimes a cephalic segment.
1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 83 The cephalic index.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. x. 370 A single cephalic horn.
1872 W. R. Greg Enigmas ii. 85 (note) Barren marriages..so frequent among persons of preponderatingly cephalic temperaments.
b. in general sense. (Chiefly humorous.)
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1653 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) i. 2 The first Cephalique Fashion-mongers..so called, because there were found many Macrocephali, that is, such Long Heads, as no other Nation had the like.
1837 S. Smith Let. to Singleton The objection of certain cephalic animalcula to the use of small-tooth combs.
1840 R. H. Barham Leech of Folkestone in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 146 Spinning away upon his cephalic pivot.
1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. II. App. x. 382 The Cephalic Teraphim of the Rabbins.
2. Curing or relieving disorders of the head.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [adjective] > for the head
cephalical1599
cephalic1656
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 169 With Cephalick powders.
1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem iii. 22 Shall I send to your Mother, Child, for a little of her Cephalick Plaister to put to the Soals of your Feet?
1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. I. 335 The plants..are odoriferous, cephalic and resolvent.
1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage II. xx. 216 He ordered some cephalic snuff to be administered.
B. n.
1. A cephalic remedy.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for the head
cephalic1656
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 56 Conserve of Roses..mingled with hot Cephalicks.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 117 It is a gentle cephalic and diaphoretic.
2. Short for cephalic snuff.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > types of
high-dried1681
Spanish1681
roderigo1692
bergamot1701
musty1709
myrtle1715
Portuguesea1721
rappee?1726
Scotch1739
macoubac1740
blackguard1782
Irish1806
Lundyfoot1811
prince's mixture1813
cephalic1828
taddy1869
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for the head > snuff
cephalic1828
1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 182 Take a pinch of cephalic from the little agate box.
1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 165 A pinch of her best cephalic.

Draft additions January 2018

cephalic version n. [after French version céphalique (1829 or earlier)] Obstetrics the procedure of turning a fetus in the uterus (esp. when in breech presentation) so as to bring its head downwards into the mother's pelvis before delivery; an instance of this; cf. podalic version n. at podalic adj.external cephalic version is performed with the birth attendant's hands on the surface of the mother's abdominal wall, internal cephalic version with one hand in the vagina or cervix.
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1839 Dublin Jrnl. Med. Sci. 15 380 Version by the head or cephalic version as it is termed.
1861 G. S. Bedford Princ. & Pract. Obstetr. xxxiv. 516 In external cephalic version..an attempt is also made to bring the head down.
1909 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Sept. 911/1 Internal cephalic version was done 3 times.
1985 M. F. Myles Textbk. Midwives (ed. 10) xxxiv. 612 The term ‘cephalic version’ is used when the head of the fetus is made to present.
2002 Washington Post 11 Nov. (Home ed.) a8/1 Mainstream treatment options for breech babies..[include] letting a physician try external cephalic version, a painful procedure performed in the hospital in which a doctor tries to turn the fetus manually.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

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