cephalad
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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This area of molt then spreads cephalad and caudad.
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The molt patch extends caudad toward the tail and cephalad toward the chin.
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A slight variation in the above process occurred in some specimens in which the lateral strips joined immediately cephalad of the tail instead of at the center of the dorsum.
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Lingula: in Aleurodidae, a more or less slender tongue or strap-shaped organ, attached cephalad within the vasiform orifice: a term proposed by Leuckart for the ligula of the bees.
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Amnion cavity: a tube-like insinking from the ventral plate of the embryo, extending cephalad.
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