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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cephalic \Ce*phal"ic\, a. [L. cephalicus, Gr. ?, fr. kefalh`
head: cf. F. c['e]phalique.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under {Anterior}.
[1913 Webster]
{Cephalic index} (Anat.), the ratio of the breadth of the
cranium to the length, which is taken as the standard, and
equal to 100; the breadth index.
{Cephalic vein}, a large vein running from the back of the
head alond the arm; -- so named because the ancients used
to open it for disorders of the head. --Dunglison.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cephalic index
n 1: ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum
length of a skull [syn: {cephalic index}, {breadth index},
{cranial index}]
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