-cephalic
variant of -cephalous:
brachycephalic.
-cephalic
combining form
indicating skull or head; -headed brachycephalic
derived forms
-cephaly, -cephalism, combining_form:in_noun:countable
word origin
from greek -kephalos
-cephalic suff.
having a specified kind or number of heads: dolichocephalic.
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- -cephalous
a combining form meaning “having a head or heads” of the specified sort or number: brachycephalous. also, -cephalic. -cephalic combining form indicating skull or head; -headed brachycephalic derived forms -cephaly, -cephalism, combining_form:in_noun:countable word origin from greek -kephalos -cephalous suff. having a specified kind of head or number of heads: nanocephalous.
- -cephalus
combining form denoting a cephalic abnormality hydrocephalus word origin new latin -cephalus; see -cephalic
- -cephaly
a combining form of nouns that correspond to adjectives ending in -cephalic, or -cephalous: dolichocephaly. -cephaly suff. a specified condition affecting the head: microcephaly.
- -ceptor
-ceptor suff. taker, receiver: nociceptor.
- -chore
combining form (in botany) indicating a plant distributed by a certain means anemoch-r- derived forms -chorous, -choric, combining_form:in_adjective word origin from greek khōrein to move