pericranium
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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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Now, Bon-Bon, do you behold the thoughts—the thoughts, I say,—the ideas—the reflections—which are being engendered in her pericranium?
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 by Poe, Edgar Allan
The pericranium and dura mater adhered firmly to the scull; in many places there was an opake whiteness of the tunica arachnoides.
From Observations on Insanity With Practical Remarks on the Disease and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John
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 Hall, Benjamin Homer
Should the wound extend through the pericranium, infection is more liable to spread to the bone and to the cranial contents.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
The conjecturers, the combination, and the declaration of war, exist no where but in the Doctor's pericranium.
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
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