chondrocranium
[ kon-droh-krey-nee-uhm ]
noun,plural chon·dro·cra·ni·ums, chon·dro·cra·ni·a [kon-droh-krey-nee-uh]. /ˌkɒn droʊˈkreɪ ni ə/.
a braincase composed of cartilage rather than bone, as the skull of sharks and of the vertebrate embryo before ossification.
Origin of chondrocranium
1First recorded in 1870–75; chondr(i)o- + cranium
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How to use chondrocranium in a sentence
Behind, the primary skull or chondrocranium gives off two occipal or rear skull plates.
Degeneracy | Eugene S. TalbotThese two conditions result from the inability of the dermal bones to fill at the proper period the gaps in the chondrocranium.
Degeneracy | Eugene S. TalbotThe chondrocranium, jaws, arches, and muscles of a partly grown larva.
The Ancestry of Modern Amphibia: A Review of the Evidence | Theodore H. EatonIn the Dipneusti36 the chondrocranium is strengthened in the adult by numerous bones.
Numerous membrane bones cover the chondrocranium externally.
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