CEPHALIC Meaning of CEPHALIC in English [ sɪ'falɪk , kɛ- ]■ adjective technical in or relating to the head.OriginME: from OFr. cephalique , from L. ~us , from Gk kephalikos , from kephalē 'head'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004