intracranial
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of intracranial
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Women who needed respiratory care or who suffered a cerebrovascular accident like stroke or intracranial haemorrhage were 40 per cent less likely to have a second baby.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
Further serious health problems followed, including being diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension - a build-up of pressure around the brain - and fibromyalgia, a chronic condition causing widespread pain throughout the body.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024
The next step was intracranial monitoring, which involves implanting electrodes inside the skull to record electrical activity and track the location of seizures.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2022
After what felt like a million appointments, she was recently diagnosed with intracranial hypertension, she says, and will eventually need surgery to relieve pressure on her brain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
Cooke and Laycock mention a case of intracranial injury with extensive destruction of brain-substance around the Rolandic area; there was recovery but with loss of the so called muscular sense.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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