pericranium
Americannoun
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pericrania
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noun
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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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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 John Haslam
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 Alexander Miles
Now, Bon-Bon, do you behold the thoughts—the thoughts, I say—the ideas—the reflections—which are being engendered in her pericranium?
From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various
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
Blood extravasated under the pericranium is limited by the attachments of this membrane at the sutures.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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