-cephaliccomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: cephalic adj.

Etymology: < cephalic adj. Compare French -céphale, -céphalique.Formations in both sense 1 and sense 2 are found from the 19th cent. With formations in sense 1 compare noun formations in -cephalism comb. form and -cephaly comb. form. Compare also -cephalous comb. form.

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1. Forming adjectives relating to a head or heads (in various senses) or skull, as cynocephalic adj., microcephalic adj., polycephalic adj.; (Physical Anthropology and Zoology) forming adjectives designating people or animals with skulls of the shape specified by the first element, as brachycephalic adj., dolichocephalic adj., leptocephalic adj. at lepto- comb. form , etc.

2. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to the —— and the head’, as brachio-cephalic adj., oculocephalic adj. at oculo- comb. form , etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	-cephalic
释义	-cephaliccomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: cephalic adj. Etymology: < cephalic adj. Compare French -céphale, -céphalique.Formations in both sense 1 and sense 2 are found from the 19th cent. With formations in sense 1 compare noun formations in -cephalism comb. form and -cephaly comb. form. Compare also -cephalous comb. form. Categories » 1. Forming adjectives relating to a head or heads (in various senses) or skull, as cynocephalic adj., microcephalic adj., polycephalic adj.; (Physical Anthropology and Zoology) forming adjectives designating people or animals with skulls of the shape specified by the first element, as brachycephalic adj., dolichocephalic adj., leptocephalic adj. at lepto- comb. form , etc. 2. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to the —— and the head’, as brachio-cephalic adj., oculocephalic adj. at oculo- comb. form , etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < comb. form
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