cephalic : Idioms & Phrases

Index

accessory cephalic vein

  • noun a vein that passes along the radial edge of the forearm and joins the cephalic vein near the elbow
    vena cephalica accessoria.
WordNet

Cephalic index

  • noun ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull
    cranial index; breadth index.
WordNet
  • (Anat.), the ratio of the breadth of the cranium to the length, which is taken as the standard, and equal to 100; the breadth index.
Webster 1913

Cephalic vein

  • noun a large vein of the arm that empties into the axillary vein
    vena cephalica.
WordNet
  • a large vein running from the back of the head alond the arm; so named because the ancients used to open it for disorders of the head.
Webster 1913