Centrostaltic Cen`tro·stal"tic adjective [ Greek ... center + ... checking.] (Physiol.) A term applied to the action of nerve force in the spinal center. Marshall Hall.

Centrum Cen"trum noun ; plural English Centrums , Latin Centra . [ Latin , center.] (Anat.) The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See Vertebra .

Centry Cen"try noun See Sentry . [ Obsolete] Gray.

Centumvir Cen·tum"vir noun ; plural Centumviri . [ Latin , from centum hundred + Vir man.] (Rom. Hist.) One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.

Centumviral Cen·tum"vi·ral adjective [ Latin centumvitalis .] Of or pertaining to the centumviri, or to a centumvir.

Centumvirate Cen·tum"vi·rate noun [ Confer French centumvirat .] The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri.

Centuple Cen"tu·ple adjective [ Latin centuplex ; centum + plicare to fold; confer French centuple .] Hundredfold.

Centuple Cen"tu·ple transitive verb To increase a hundredfold.

Centuplicate Cen·tu"pli·cate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Centuplicated ; present participle & verbal noun Centuplicating .] [ Latin centuplicare . See Centuple , adjective ] To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times. [ R.] Howell.

Centurial Cen·tu"ri·al adjective [ Latin See Century .] Of or pertaining to a century; as, a centurial sermon. [ R.]

Centuriate Cen·tu"ri·ate adjective [ Latin centuriatus , past participle of centuriare to divide (men) into centuries.] Pertaining to, or divided into, centuries or hundreds. [ R.] Holland.

Centuriate Cen·tu"ri·ate transitive verb [ See century .] To divide into hundreds. [ Obsolete]

Centuriator, Centurist Cen·tu"ri·a`tor, Cen"tu·rist noun [ Confer French centuriateur .] An historian who distinguishes time by centuries, esp. one of those who wrote the "Magdeburg Centuries." See under Century . [ R.]

Centurion Cen·tu"ri·on noun [ Latin centurio , from centuria ; confer French centurion . See Century .] (Rom. Hist.) A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century.

A centurion of the hand called the Italian band.
Acts x. 1.

Century Cen"tu·ry noun ; plural Centuries . [ Latin centuria (in senses 1 & 3), from centum a hundred: confer French centurie . See Cent .] 1. A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things. [ Archaic.]

And on it said a century of prayers.
Shak.

2. A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago.

» Century , in the reckoning of time, although often used in a general way of any series of hundred consecutive years (as, a century of temperance work), usually signifies a division of the Christian era, consisting of a period of one hundred years ending with the hundredth year from which it is named; as, the first century ( a . d . 1-100 inclusive); the seventh century ( a . d . 601- 700); the eighteenth century ( a . d . 1701- 1800). With words or phrases connecting it with some other system of chronology it is used of similar division of those eras; as, the first century of Rome (A.U.C. 1-100).

3. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers. (b) One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion.

Century plant (Botany) , the Agave Americana , formerly supposed to flower but once in a century; -- hence the name. See Agave . -- The Magdeburg Centuries , an ecclesiastical history of the first thirteen centuries, arranged in thirteen volumes, compiled in the 16th century by Protestant scholars at Magdeburg.

Ceorl Ceorl (kĕôrl or chẽrl) noun [ Anglo-Saxon See Churl , noun ] (O. Eng. Hist.) A freeman of the lowest class; one not a thane or of the servile classes; a churl.

Cepaceous Ce·pa"ceous adjective [ Latin cepa , caepa , onion.] Of the nature of an onion, as in odor; alliaceous.

Cepevorous Ce·pev"o·rous adjective [ Latin cepa an onion + varare to devour.] Feeding upon onions. [ R.] Sterling.

Cephalad Ceph"a·lad adverb [ Greek kefalh` head + Latin ad toward.] (Zoology) Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad .

Cephalalgia Ceph`a·lal"gi·a noun [ Latin , from Greek ...; ... head + ... pain.] (Medicine) Headache.

Cephalalgia, Cephalalgy Ceph`a·lal"gi·a, Ceph"a·lal`gy noun [ Latin cephalalgia , Greek ...; ... + ... pain: confer French céphalalgie .] (Medicine) Pain in the head; headache.

Cephalalgic Ceph`a·lal"gic adjective [ Latin cephalalgicus , Greek ....] (Medicine) Relating to, or affected with, headache. -- noun A remedy for the headache.

Cephalalgic Ceph`a·lal"gic adjective [ Latin cephalalgicus , Greek ....] (Medicine) Relating to, or affected with, headache. -- noun A remedy for the headache.

Cephalanthium Ceph`a·lan"thi·um noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... + ... flower.] (Botany) Same as Anthodium .

Cephalaspis Ceph`a·las"pis noun [ New Latin , from Greek kefalh` head + ... a shield.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points.

Cephalata Ceph`a·la"ta noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek kefalh` head.] (Zoology) A large division of Mollusca, including all except the bivalves; -- so called because the head is distinctly developed. See Illustration in Appendix.

Cephalate Ceph"a·late adjective (Zoology) Having a head.

Cephalic Ce·phal"ic adjective [ Latin cephalicus , Greek ..., from kefalh` head: confer French céphalique .] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under Anterior .

Cephalic index (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. -- Cephalic vein , 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. Dunglison.

Cephalic Ce·pha"lic noun A medicine for headache, or other disorder in the head.

Cephalism Ceph"a·lism noun [ Greek ... head.] (Anthropol.) Form or development of the skull; as, the races of man differ greatly in cephalism .

Cephalitis Ceph`a·li"tis noun [ New Latin , from Greek kefalh` head + -itis .] (Medicine) Same as Phrenitis .

Cephalization Ceph`a·li·za"tion noun Domination of the head in animal life as expressed in the physical structure; localization of important organs or parts in or near the head, in animal development. Dana.

Cephalo- Ceph"a·lo- [ Greek kefalh` head.] A combining form denoting the head , of the head , connected with the head ; as, cephalo some, cephalo pod.

Cephalocercal Ceph`a·lo·cer"cal adjective [ Cephalo- + Greek ... tail.] (Zoology) Relating to the long axis of the body.

Cephaloid Ceph"a·loid adjective [ Cephalo- + -oid .] Shaped like the head. Craing.

Cephalology Ceph`a·lol"o·gy noun [ Cephalo- + -logy .] The science which treats of the head.

Cephalomere Ceph"a·lo·mere noun [ Cephalo- + -mere .] (Zoology) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods. Packard.

Cephalometer Ceph`a·lom"e·ter noun [ Cephalo- + -meter .] (Medicine) An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery.

Cephalometry Ceph`a·lom"e·try noun (Anthropometry) The measurement of the heads of living persons. -- Ceph`a*lo*met"ric , adjective

Cephalon Ceph"a·lon noun (Zoology) The head.

Cephalophora Ceph`a·loph"o·ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek kefalh` head + ... to bear.] (Zoology) The cephalata.

Cephalopod, Cephalopode Ceph"a·lo·pod, Ceph"a·lo·pode noun (Zoology) One of the Cephalopoda.

Cephalopoda Ceph`a·lop"o·da noun plural [ New Latin , gr. Greek kefalh` head + -poda : confer French céphalopode .] (Zoology) The highest class of Mollusca.

» They have, around the front of the head, a group of elongated muscular arms, which are usually furnished with prehensile suckers or hooks. The head is highly developed, with large, well organized eyes and ears, and usually with a cartilaginous brain case. The higher forms, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopi, swim rapidly by ejecting a jet of water from the tubular siphon beneath the head. They have a pair of powerful horny jaws shaped like a parrot's beak, and a bag of inklike fluid which they can eject from the siphon, thus clouding the water in order to escape from their enemies. They are divided into two orders, the Dibranchiata, having two gills and eight or ten sucker-bearing arms, and the Tetrabranchiata, with four gills and numerous arms without suckers. The latter are all extinct except the Nautilus . See Octopus , Squid , Nautilus .

Cephalopodic, Cephalopodous Ceph`a·lo·pod"ic, Ceph`a·lop"o·dous adjective (Zoology) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.

Cephaloptera Ceph`a·lop"te·ra noun [ New Latin , from Greek kefalh` head + ... wing.] (Zoology) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray ( Manta birostris ), known as devilfish and sea devil . It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton.

Cephalosome Ceph"a·lo·some noun [ Cephalo- + -some body.] (Zoology) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods. Packard.

Cephalostyle Ceph"a·lo·style noun [ Cephalo- + Greek ... a pillar.] (Anat.) The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania.

Cephalothorax Ceph`a·lo·tho"rax noun [ Cephalo- + thorax .] (Zoology) The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax.

Cephalotome Ceph"a·lo·tome noun [ Cephalo- + Greek ... to cut.] (Medicine) An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery.

Cephalotomy Ceph`a·lot"o·my noun 1. Dissection or opening of the head.

2. (Medicine) Craniotomy; -- usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw.

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