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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cephalik, a. [e.m.E. (1599), L. cephalicus.] Cephalic (vein). —1562 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 138.
Robert Hendersoun, cherurgeane … declarit the thre principale membris of the said lordis rycht arme to be cuttit, quhilkis ar the ciphalik, the basilik and the greit arteir
