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The combining form -cephalic is used like a suffix meaning “having a head or heads.” It is often used in medical and scientific terms.

The form -cephalic comes from the Greek ����󲹱�ḗ, meaning “head.”

The combining form -cephalic is a variant of -cephalous, as in dicephalous.

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Corresponding forms of -cephalic combined to the beginning of words are cephalo- and cephal-, which you can learn more about in our �y��vlogs That Use articles for each form.

Also deriving from ����󲹱�ḗ are the combining forms encephalo- and encephal-, meaning “brain.” Discover how these forms are used in our �y��vlogs That Use encephalo- and encephal- articles.

One example of a botany term that uses -cephalic is monocephalic, meaning “bearing one flower head,” like a dandelion or domesticated sunflower.

The first part of monocephalic might look familiar to you. Mono– means “one, single, alone.” The second part of the word, -cephalic, means “having a head,” as we’ve seen. So, monocephalic literally translates to “having a single head.”

What are some words that use the combining form –cephalic?

• acephalic
• brachycephalic
• eurycephalic
• leptocephalic
• platycephalics

The term isocephalic is a term sometimes used in fine arts to describe figures which have a body part that are all composed at approximately the same level (iso– means “equal”). Which body part does isocephalic refer to?