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CEBOCEPHALUS

\sˈɛbə͡ʊsfˌaləs], \sˈɛbə‍ʊsfˌaləs], \s_ˈɛ_b_əʊ_s_f_ˌa_l_ə_s]\

Definitions of CEBOCEPHALUS

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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[Greek] A monster with the eyes close together and the nose deficient.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

A teratisin marked by cebocephalia.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A monkey-headed monster; one with the eyes very close together, the nose being almost wanting and the anterior lobes of the brain sometimes malformed. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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