desmocranium
[ dĕz′mō-krā′nē-əm ]
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n.
The mass of embryonic mesenchymal cells that develop into the cranium.
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Words nearby desmocranium
D. ès L., desman, desmid, desmitis, desmo-, desmocranium, desmogenous, desmoid, Des Moines, desmolase, Desmond
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