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cranial
[ krey-nee-uhl ]
cranial
/ ˈkreɪnɪəl /
adjective
- of or relating to the skull
cranial
/ krā′nē-əl /
- Located in or involving the skull or cranium.
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Derived Forms
- ˈcranially, adverb
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Other Words From
- crani·al·ly adverb
- inter·crani·al adjective
- pre·crani·al adjective
- pre·crani·al·ly adverb
- sub·crani·al adjective
- sub·crani·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Doctors have said Miss Yousafzai is due to be readmitted in the coming weeks for reconstructive cranial surgery.
The cranial capacity was apparently about one thousand, that of man being from thirteen hundred to fourteen hundred.
Yet its cranial capacity is far above that of the highest apes, and is assimilated with that of Hottentot and Polynesian skulls.
The head, though large in proportion to the body, is really very small and of low cranial capacity.
His cranial sutures close, the growth of the brain is arrested, and the development of his mind comes to an end.
The connection, then, between the cranial deformity and some underlying nervous disturbance might be assumed.
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