Definitions For Cephalization

Noun

CEPHALIZATION. (countable and uncountable, plural CEPHALIZATIONs) (biology) An evolutionary trend in which the neural and sense organs become centralized at one end (the head) of an animal. (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.

Related terms

telencephalization

Etymology

from cephal- , -ization.

Is Cephalization a Scrabble Word?

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The word Cephalization is worth 29 points in Scrabble and 32 points in Words with Friends

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