Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cephalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cephal-ism
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instance of the development of a head or head-like structure.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Thee closer connection off the subdivisions of the annelid is only one of degree; and as to having more organs in common than the Salpa it is rather like the community of interest which the coral cephalisms have in the main trunk."
"The medusoid cephalism is persistent, it remains to perform, in addition to its usual functions, a part which is most commonly assigned to the hydroid; thereby illustrating, by a whole order of beings, the theory that not only the hydroid cephalism, but the most highly developed medusoid cephalism, normally, may remain a constant part o what is commonly called a polypidom."

Etymology

From cephal- + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cephal
Suffix: ism

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

cephalisms (plural)

Questions

What does cephalism mean?: An instance of the development of a head or head-like structure.
Where does cephalism come from?: From cephal- + -ism.

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