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Dissection or opening of the head.

An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy.

The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery.

A kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head.

Having a head; -- applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a division of mollusks.

A bed blanket. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Having two heads on one body; double-headed.

The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon.

Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic. -- Dol`i*cho*ceph"al, a. & n.

Hernia of the brain.

Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform. Encephaloid cancer (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See under Cancer.

The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.

The contents of the cranium; the brain.

Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning.

The encephalon. In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age. Sir W. Hamilton.

The act or art of dissecting the brain.

Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous.

To surround with a halo.

The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.

See Shallot.