pericranium
Americannoun
plural
pericranianoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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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
This large flap was thrown backward, like the lid of a box, the skull being denuded of its pericranium for the space of 2 1/2 by one inch in extent.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
These dangerous sequelæ are liable to follow infection of any scalp wound, but more especially such as implicate the sub-aponeurotic area, or the pericranium.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
On opening the head, the pericranium was scarcely adherent.
From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John
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 Miles, Alexander
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