pericranium
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pericrania
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Origin of pericranium
1515–25; < New Latin < Greek perikránion, noun use of neuter of perikránios surrounding the skull, equivalent to peri- peri- + kraní ( on ) cranium + -os adj. suffix
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Ay, sir, if you will but take time to reflect, you’ll give me time to collect my scattered thoughts, which you have completely shaken out of my pericranium.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
These effusions are to be distinguished from the cephal-hæmatoma, in which the blood collects between the pericranium and the bone.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Yes, gentle reader, no man or boy was considered in full dress, in those days, unless his pericranium was thus surmounted, with the forward peak directly over the right eye.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall
If the epicranial aponeurosis is divided, the “dangerous area” between it and the pericranium is opened, and if infection occurs, it may lead to widespread suppuration.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Gummata may develop in the soft parts, but more commonly they take origin in the pericranium or bone.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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