var. form of CEPHALO-, combining f. Gr. κεφαλή head, preferred by some, as in kephalograph, kephalometer, kephalotomy, etc.
1802. Gentl. Mag., July, 602. The ingenious contrivance of the Kephalometer, or head-measurer.
1876. S. Kens. Mus. Catal., No. 3731. Kephalograph.
1890. Sat. Rev., 15 Feb., 186/2. The violent kephalotomic method for the abatement of party spirit proposed by Swift.
