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Subcrustaceous :: Subcranial (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium; facial..

Chondro- :: Chondro- () A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the lower vertebrates and of embryos..

Fornix :: Fornix (n.) An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva..

Hydrocephalus :: Hydrocephalus (n.) An accumulation of liquid within the cavity of the cranium, especially within the ventricles of the brain; dropsy of the brain. It is due usually to tubercular meningitis. When it occurs in infancy, it often enlarges the head enormously..

Encephalon :: Encephalon (n.) The contents of the cranium; the brain.

Cranioscopy :: Cranioscopy (n.) Scientific examination of the cranium.

Table :: Table (n.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the cranium..

Epicranial :: Epicranial (a.) Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles.

Pericranium :: Pericranium (n.) The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.

Amphistylic :: Amphistylic (a.) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull..

Pericranial :: Pericranial (a.) Of or pertaining to the pericranium.

Mesocephalic :: Mesocephalic (a.) Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; mesaticephalic.

Basi- :: Basi- () A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as, basibranchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones of the branchial arches; basicranial, situated at the base of the cranium; basifacial, basitemporal, etc..

Crania :: Crania (n.) A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull.

Supracretaceous :: Supracranial (a.) Situated above, or in the roof of, the cranium..

Brainpan :: Brainpan (n.) The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.

Sindon :: Sindon (n.) A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine.

Autostylic :: Autostylic (a.) Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia..

Emissary :: Emissary (a.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.

Separatory :: Separatory (n.) A surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium.

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