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PRONUNCIATION OF DICEPHALOUS

dicephalous  [daɪˈsɛfələs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DICEPHALOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dicephalous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DICEPHALOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dicephalous

Polycephaly

Polycephaly is a condition of having more than one head. The term is derived from the Greek stems poly- meaning 'multiple' and kephali- meaning "head", and encompasses bicephaly and dicephaly. A variation is an animal born with two faces on a single head, a condition known as diprosopus. In medical terms these are all congenital cephalic disorders. There are many occurrences of multi-headed animals, in real life as well as in mythology. In heraldry and vexillology, the double-headed eagle is a common symbol, though no such animal is known to have ever existed. Bicephalic or tricephalic animals are the only type of multi-headed creatures seen in the real world and form by the same process as conjoined twins: they all result from the fusion of monozygotic twin embryos. One extreme example of this is the condition of craniopagus parasiticus, whereby a fully developed body has a parasitic twin head joined at the skull.

Definition of dicephalous in the English dictionary

The definition of dicephalous in the dictionary is having two heads.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DICEPHALOUS


acephalous
əˈsɛfələs
androcephalous
ˌændrəʊˈsɛfələs
autocephalous
ˌɔːtəʊˈsɛfələs
bicephalous
baɪˈsɛfələs
brachycephalous
ˌbrækɪˈsɛfələs
Bucephalus
bjuːˈsɛfələs
dolichocephalous
ˌdɒlɪkəʊˈsɛfələs
encephalous
ɛnˈsɛfələs
hydrocephalus
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈsɛfələs
leptocephalous
ˌlɛptəʊˈsɛfələs
leptocephalus
ˌlɛptəʊˈsɛfələs
mesaticephalous
ˌmɛsətɪˈsɛfələs
mesocephalous
ˌmɛsəʊˈsɛfələs
microcephalous
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈsɛfələs
orthocephalous
ˌɔːθəʊˈsɛfələs
oxycephalous
ˌɒksɪˈsɛfələs
platycephalous
ˌplætɪˈsɛfələs
rhizocephalous
ˌraɪzəʊˈsɛfələs
scaphocephalous
ˌskæfəʊˈsɛfələs
stegocephalous
ˌstɛɡəʊˈsɛfələs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DICEPHALOUS

dicarpellary
dicast
dicasteries
dicastery
dicastic
dice
diced
dicentra
dicentric
dicephalism
dicer
dicey
dich
dichasia
dichasial
dichasially
dichasium
dichlamydeous
dichloride
dichlorobenzene

WORDS THAT END LIKE DICEPHALOUS

anomalous
antipetalous
antisepalous
apetalous
bipetalous
dialypetalous
dipetalous
disepalous
episepalous
jealous
macrocephalous
monopetalous
monosepalous
octopetalous
overzealous
ridiculous
scandalous
synsepalous
tripetalous
unzealous
zealous

Synonyms and antonyms of dicephalous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dicephalous» into 25 languages

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双头
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Translator English - Spanish

dicephalous
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dicephalous
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dicephalous
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Translator English - Arabic

ذو رأسين
280 millions of speakers

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dicephalous
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dicephalous
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dicephalous
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dicephalous
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Translator English - Malay

Dicium
190 millions of speakers

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dicephalous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dicephalous
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Translator English - Korean

dicephalous
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Translator English - Javanese

Dicephalous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dicephalous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dicephalous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दांभिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dicephalous
70 millions of speakers

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dicephalous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dicephalous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

dicephalous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dicephalous
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

dicephalous
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Translator English - Afrikaans

dicephalous
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

dicephalous
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

dicephalous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dicephalous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DICEPHALOUS»

The term «dicephalous» is used very little and occupies the 187.484 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DICEPHALOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dicephalous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DICEPHALOUS»

Discover the use of dicephalous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dicephalous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of New York
Dicephalous Dog-Fish. Museum of the Dublin College of Surgeons. J. B. 8. Jackson's Mss. Notes. Case 89.. Dicephalous Dog-Fish. [Orpex. (London) Lancet, Vol. I, 1845, p. 224.] This "biformed dog'fish" was taken at, or near, the Cape of Good ...
Medical Society of the State of New York (1807-), 1866
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The Best Words
There are acephalous, dicephalous, and disomatous monsters; others again, like the Siamese twins, have two bodies united by a mere band of integument. — Alfred Swaine Taylor and Edward Hartshorne, Medical Jurisprudence, 1856 Rather ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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Principles of Medical Jurisprudence: Designed for the ...
There are others, two-headed, dicephalous; and twobodied, disomatous. The rule, according to St. Hilaire, (see Taylor's Med. Juris., 483,) is, to consider a dicephalous monster, whether it be disomatous or not, as two beings; and if it have but a ...
Amos Dean, 1850
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Bioethical Dilemmas: A Jewish Perspective
This writer's search of works devoted to the history of medical anomalies as well as of current medical literature has failed to uncover a parallel report of dicephalous twins sharing a common nervous system. Quite to the contrary, a number of ...
J. David Bleich, 1998
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The Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence
1.1-zen. RIGHTS'. 221 precedents on this subject, it is diflicult to say what degree of monstrosity would be required in law in order to cut oil' the civil rights of a being.. Monsters may be acephalous (headless). dicephalous (two heads with one ...
Alfred Swaine Taylor, 1873
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The Two-headed Boy, and Other Medical Marvels
A physician plumbs medical history to expose various anomalies of human development, the lives of the remarkable individuals afflicted, and the social reactions to their extraordinary bodies.
Jan Bondeson, 2004
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The Sharks of North America
Lozano Cabo (1969) reported a dicephalous specimen aborted on deck, along with 40 normal young, in a female caught in the Islas Chafarinas, off Morocco. Four dicephalous specimens were also reported from Japan (Goto et al. 1981).
Jose I. Castro, 2011
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Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion
Deer-skin 1022 Deification See Apotheosis Deissmann, A. 8810(0) Deities, dicephalous, of Baris in Pisidia. 446 f. dicephalous, of Senones 445 f. Egyptising 626 identified with plants 4132 Delatte, A. 1182 2232 4343 1024 Delattre, A. L. 6303 ...
A. B. Cook, 2010
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Conjoined Twins: Developmental Malformations and Clinical ...
Compt Rend Sceances Mem- oires Soc Biol. 25:87-90, 1873b. Phillipps J. Case of dicephalous monstrosity. Trans Obstet Soc Lond. 28:278, 1886. Philipps J. On the obstetrics of dicephalous monsters with the history and dissection of a case.
Rowena Spencer, 2003
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A Sinhalese - English Dictionary
S-Sjos, a. bimensal, »^S>aea3 ^dxJ 8&gQs) 8'§8o03, 71. two-mouthed or two- faced one, viz. serpent, wScSs. S-Sjft, a. two-headed, dicephalous, d, n. elephant's arm, viz. the trunk, ), ?i. two-tusker, viz. elephant, ^is>j. 3, 71. double- tongued ...
Charles Carter, 1996

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