-cephaly

English

Etymology

From French -céphalie, German -zephalie, or Latin -cephalia, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) and a suffix: French -ie, German -ie, or Latin -ia.[1]

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛfəli

Suffix

-cephaly

  1. (medicine, pathology) head

Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -cephaly

Translations

References
  1. “-cephaly”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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