cephalad

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cephalad - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cephalad \Ceph"a*lad\, adv. [Gr. kefalh` head + L. ad toward.]
     (Zool.)
     Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body;
     opposed to caudad.
     [1913 Webster] Cephalalgia