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suff.

In the direction of; toward: cephalad.

[From Latin ad, to; see ad- in Indo-European roots.]

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suffix forming nouns

1. a group or unit (having so many parts or members) triad

2. (Literature / Poetry) an epic poem concerning (the subject indicated by the stem) Dunciad

[via Latin from Greek -ad- (plural -ades), originally forming adjectives; names of epic poems are all formed on the model of the Iliad]

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suffix forming adverbs

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) denoting direction towards a specified part in anatomical descriptions cephalad

[from Latin ad to, towards]

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