[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cephalic \cephal"ic\, a. l. cephalicus, gr. ?, fr. kefalh`
   head: cf. f. c'ephalique. 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
see also:
anterior cephalic index cephalic vein 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cephalic index
     n : ratio in percent of the maximum breadth to the maximum
         length of a skull syn: breadth index, cranial index
see also:
breadth index cranial index 

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