cephalitis (sefalitis)

[NL., transfer of locomotive members or limbs to or near to the head (in decapod crustaceans, for example), or the concentration of plastic force in parts composing the head, or subserving cephalic functions. It is accomplished in various ways: by the transfer of members from the locomotive to the cephalic series; by participation of anterior locomotive organs in cephalic functions; by increased abbreviation, condensation, and perfection of structure anteriorly, with the opposite qualifications posteriorly or (in man alone) by uprising the cephalic till at last the body becomes vertical. cephalize (sef'a-līz), v. t.; pret. and pp. cepha lized, ppr. cephalizing. [ cephalized (sef'a-līzd), p. a. [Pp. of cephalize, v.] Exhibiting cephalization; having the head and anterior members of the body well developed or well distinguished. cephalo-. [NL., etc., cephalo-, Cep halo branchia, Cep halo branch i at a (sef"alō-brang'ki-ä, -brang-ki-a'tä), n. pl. [NL., IMG:content-0041.png:[graphic] IMG:content-0042.jpg:[blocks in formation] adj. cephalopodous ming and ciliate. The tubes are usually secreted by the animals themselves, and in some cases have been mistaken for the shells of mollusks; they may be either calcareous or membranous, or composed of grains of sand agglutinated together, and are either free or adherent to some fixed foreign body, but not organically attached to the animals inhabiting the thing such To order belong pulide. Also called Cap it i branchia, Cap it i branch i at a, Capi to branchia, Capi to branch i at a. See Sedent aria and Tubicola . cep halo branchiate (sefa-lō-brang'ki-at), a. [[ Gr. κεφαλή, head, + βράγχια, gills, + -atel.] Having tufts of external gills on or near the head; specifically, of or pertaining to the Cepha lob ranch i a. Also cap it i branchiate, capi to bran chiate.