Definition of Cephalically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cephalically

cephalhydrocele
cephalic
cephalic angle
cephalic arterial rami
cephalic fin
cephalic fins
cephalic flexure
cephalic index
cephalic pole
cephalic presentation
cephalic reflexes
cephalic tetanus
cephalic triangle
cephalic vein
cephalic version
cephalically (current term)
cephalin
cephaline
cephalins
cephalitis
cephalization
cephalizations
cephalo-
cephalo-oculocutaneous telangiectasia
cephalo-orbital index
cephalocarid
cephalocarids
cephalocaudal
cephalocaudal axis
cephalocaudal trend

Literary usage of Cephalically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1889)
"... for the accessory auditory nucleus, it is found that only the most cephalically placed bundles decussate immediately beneath the floor of the ventricle. ..."

2. The Early Embryology of the Chick by Bradley Merrill Patten (1920)
"cephalically it never extends to the pharyngeal region. Caudally the whole length of the aorta is eventually involved. At this stage the fusion has ..."

3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"... far cephalically before that nerve crosses in front of the right subclavian, but instead of turning around behind that vessel, it passes slantingly ..."

4. New Text-book of Geology: Designed for Schools and Academies by James Dwight Dana (1883)
"... anteriorly marked in abbreviation behind and improvement in the rest of the animal, especially in the organs of the head, that is, cephalically (the ..."

5. The Origin of Vertebrates by Walter Holbrook Gaskell (1908)
"... and on the dorsal side the tube representing the œsophagus must be continuous with a large cephalically dilated tube, which «night to pass into a small ..."

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