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Webster 1913 Edition

Cephalad

Ceph′a-lad

,

adv.

[Gr.

κεφαλή

head + L.

ad

toward.]

(Zool.)

Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to

caudad

.

Definition 2024

cephalad

cephalad

English

Adverb

cephalad ‎(comparative more cephalad, superlative most cephalad)

(anatomy) Towards the head (or anterior extremity)