cephalo-

The definition of cephalo is head.

(prefix)

An example of the prefix cephalo is the scientific word for headache, cephalodynia.

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See cephalo- in Webster's New World College Dictionary

the head, skull, or brain: cephalopod

Origin: see cephalic

See cephalo- in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or cephal-

prefix
Head: cephalothorax.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin

Origin: , from Greek kephalo-

Origin: , from kephalē, head; see ghebh-el- in Indo-European roots

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