-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.
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- -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
- -chroic
variant of -chroous. -chroous combining form coloured in a specified way isochroous word origin from greek khrōs skin, complexion, colour