Usually means: Concentration of sensory organs, head.
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  1. cephalization: Merriam-Webster
  2. cephalization: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cephalization: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cephalization: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cephalization: Wordnik
  6. cephalization: Wiktionary
  7. cephalization: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. cephalization: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. cephalization: Dictionary.com
  10. Cephalization: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Cephalization: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. cephalization: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Cephalization: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. cephalization: FreeDictionary.org
  15. cephalization: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cephalization: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cephalization: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (cephalization)

noun:  (biology) An evolutionary trend in which the neural and sense organs become centralized at one end (the head) of an animal.
noun:  (medicine) The redistribution of blood flow from the base of the lung towards the upper lobe vessels as a consequence of pulmonary venous hypertension, usually described on a chest radiograph.

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