| BRACHYCEPHALOUS | • brachycephalous adj. Relating to brachycephaly; brachycephalic. • BRACHYCEPHALOUS adj. short-headed, esp. having a skull whose breadth is 80 per cent or more of its length. |
| CEPHALOCHORDATE | • cephalochordate n. Any of the primitive fishlike creatures, of the subphylum Cephalochordata, including the lancelets… • cephalochordate adj. Of or pertaining to these creatures. • CEPHALOCHORDATE n. any of a number of chordate fishlike animals (including the lancelets and amphioxus), having a persisting notochord projecting beyond the nerve cord to the end of the snout. |
| CEPHALOTHORACES | • cephalothoraces n. Plural of cephalothorax. • CEPHALOTHORAX n. the body, or head with thorax, of spiders, crustaceans, etc. |
| CEPHALOTHORACIC | • cephalothoracic adj. (Anatomy) Relating to or resembling a cephalothorax. • CEPHALOTHORACIC adj. relating to the cephalothorax. |
| CEPHALOTHORAXES | • cephalothoraxes n. Plural of cephalothorax. • CEPHALOTHORAX n. the body, or head with thorax, of spiders, crustaceans, etc. |
| ENCEPHALOGRAPHS | • encephalographs n. Plural of encephalograph. • ENCEPHALOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording brain images. |
| ENCEPHALOGRAPHY | • encephalography n. (Medicine) An X-ray examination of the brain in which air replaces some of the cerebrospinal fluid to… • ENCEPHALOGRAPHY n. radiography of the brain after the cerebrospinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (as air). |
| ENCEPHALOPATHIC | • encephalopathic adj. Relating to encephalopathy. • ENCEPHALOPATHIC adj. relating to encephalopathy. |
| ENCEPHALOTOMIES | • ENCEPHALOTOMY n. dissection of the brain. |
| LISSENCEPHALOUS | • lissencephalous adj. Exhibiting or relating to lissencephaly. • LISSENCEPHALOUS adj. with smooth cerebral hemispheres. |
| MEGALOCEPHALOUS | • megalocephalous adj. Macrencephalic. • MEGALOCEPHALOUS adj. having an unusually large skull, also MEGACEPHALIC, MEGALOCEPHALIC. |
| MESATICEPHALOUS | • mesaticephalous adj. (Anatomy) mesaticephalic. • MESATICEPHALOUS adj. intermediate between dolichocephalic and brachycephalic, also MESATICEPHALIC. |
| MYELENCEPHALONS | • MYELENCEPHALON n. the posterior part of the developing vertebrate hindbrain or the corresponding part of the adult brain composed of the medulla oblongata. |
| RHINENCEPHALONS | • RHINENCEPHALON n. the olfactory lobe of the brain. |
| RHOMBENCEPHALON | • rhombencephalon n. (Neuroanatomy) The hindbrain. • RHOMBENCEPHALON n. the hindbrain. |
| SCAPHOCEPHALOUS | • scaphocephalous adj. Synonym of scaphocephalic. • SCAPHOCEPHALOUS adj. having an abnormally long and narrow boat-shaped skull. |