| cephal- | See: cephalo-. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cephalad | In a direction toward the head. See: cranial. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cephalaemia | Congestion, active or passive, of the brain. Origin: cephal-+ G. Haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
| cephalalgia | <symptom> Pain in the head, headache. Synonym: cephalgia, cephalodynia. Origin: Gr. Kephalalgia (18 Nov 1997) |
| cephalea | Pain in various parts of the head, not confined to the area of distribution of any nerve. See: cephalodynia. Synonym: cephalalgia, cephalea, cerebralgia, encephalalgia, encephalodynia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cephalea agitata | Cephalea attonita, violent headache sometimes occurring in influenza and in the early stages of other infectious diseases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cephalexin | <drug> A semisynthetic cephalosporin antibiotic with antimicrobial activity similar to that of cephaloridine or cephalothin, but somewhat less potent. It is effective against both gram-positive and gram-negative organisms. Pharmacological action: cephalosporins. Chemical name: 5-Thia-1-azabicyclo(4.2.0)oct-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid, 7-((aminophenylacetyl)amino)-3-methyl-8-oxo-, (6R-(6alpha,7beta(R*)))- (12 Dec 1998) |
| cephalgia | <symptom> Headache, head pain. (27 Sep 1997) |
| cephalhematocele | A cephalhematoma under the pericranium communicating with the dural sinuses. Synonym: cephalohematocele. Origin: cephal-+ G. Haima, blood, + kele, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| cephalhematoma | A collection of blood due to an effusion of blood beneath the periosteum frequently in a newborn as a result of birth trauma; contrasted with caput succedaneum, in which the effusion overlies the periosteum and consists of serum. Synonym: cephalohematoma. Origin: cephal-+ G. Haima, blood, + -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| cephalhydrocele | An accumulation of serous or watery fluid under the pencranium. Origin: cephal-+ G. Hydor, water, + kele, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| cephalic | <anatomy> Pertaining to the head. (27 Sep 1997) |
| cephalic angle | One of several angle's formed by the intersection of two lines passing through certain points of the face or cranium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cephalic arterial rami | Parietal branches of the sympathetic trunks conveying postsynaptic sympathetic fibres from the superior cervical ganglion to the carotid arteries for distribution within the head. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cephalic flexure | The sharp, ventrally concave bend in the developing midbrain of the embryo. Synonym: cerebral flexure, cranial flexure, mesencephalic flexure. (05 Mar 2000) |