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-cephalous

 
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a combining form meaning “having a head or heads” of the specified sort or number: brachycephalous.
Also, -cephalic.

Origin:
< Gk -kephalos -headed, deriv. of kephal head; see -ous

cephalo-

 
a combining form meaning “head,” used in the formation of compound words: cephalometry.
Also, cephal-, -cephalic, -cephalous, -cephaly.

Origin:
< Gk kephalo-, comb. form of kephal head; akin to gable
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-cephalous  
suff.  Having a specified kind of head or number of heads: dicephalous.

[From Greek -kephalos, from kephalē, head; see ghebh-el- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

cephalo- 
combining form of Gk. kephale "head," as in cephalopod (1826).
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Medical Dictionary

cephalo- or cephal-
pref.
Head: cephalometry.

-cephalous suff.
Having a specified kind of head or number of heads: nanocephalous.

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