Chem. [f. Gr. κεφαλή head + -IN1.] Thudichum’s term for a substance obtained from brain-matter. So Kephaloidin.
1878. Kingzett, Anim. Chem., 290. Kephaline may be purified to some extent by its repeated solution in ether. Ibid., 294. To that furnished by ‘buttery matter’ Thudichum gives the name kephaloidine.
