-cephaly
English
Etymology
From French -céphalie, German -cephalie, or Latin -cephalia, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) and a suffix: French -ie, German -ie, or Latin -ia.[1]
Suffix
-cephaly
- (medicine, pathology) head
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_suffixed_with_-cephaly' title='Category:English words suffixed with -cephaly'>English words suffixed with -cephaly</a>
- anencephaly
Translations
head
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References
- “-cephaly”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
- cheaply