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cephalad

In a direction toward the head. SEE ALSO: cranial (1).

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ceph·a·lad 'sef-ə-.lad adv toward the head or anterior end of the body

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adj.

towards the head.

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ceph·a·lad (sefґə-lad) [cephal- + -ad] proceeding toward the head, as opposed to caudad. Called also caudocephalad and craniad.

Medical dictionary. 2011.