Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In anatomy, same as cephalocercal.

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  • Taking a cephalocaudal description, let me start with the head head: (drop dead handsome, almost a deadringer to FireConvoy of CarRobots) eyes: (light piping transparent over a blue colored simulated optic labels) arms: kind of scrawny with fists that are well suited to carrying thin weapons.

    Transformers News 2009

  • Proximodistal development is the infant's mastered motor control over the hands and fingers, and it occurs after cephalocaudal development.

    Modern Mom 2009

  • There are two types of motor development: cephalocaudal and proximodistal.

    Modern Mom 2009

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