'Cephalic index' definitions:
Definition of 'cephalic index'
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noun
Ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull [syn: cephalic index, breadth index, cranial index]
Definition of 'Cephalic index'
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- Cephalic \Ce*phal"ic\, a. [L. cephalicus, Gr. ?, fr. kefalh` head: cf. F. c['e]phalique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under Anterior. [1913 Webster]
- Cephalic index (Anat.), the ratio of the breadth of the cranium to the length, which is taken as the standard, and equal to 100; the breadth index.
- Cephalic vein, a large vein running from the back of the head alond the arm; -- so named because the ancients used to open it for disorders of the head. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]