| BASICRANIAL | • basicranial adj. Of or pertaining to the basicranium. • BASICRANIAL adj. of or relating to the base of the skull. |
| CRANIECTOMY | • craniectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, to relieve intracranial… • CRANIECTOMY n. surgical opening of the cranium. |
| CRANIOGNOMY | • craniognomy n. (Dated) The science of the form and characteristics of the skull. • CRANIOGNOMY n. cranial physiognomy. |
| CRANIOMETER | • craniometer n. A device used to measure the size of the skull. • CRANIOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the skull. |
| CRANIOMETRY | • craniometry n. The practice of taking measurements of the skull. • CRANIOMETRY n. a science dealing with cranial measurement. |
| CRANIOPAGUS | • craniopagus n. (Medicine) A pair of conjoined twins joined at the head. • craniopagus n. Either of the individual twins of such a pair. • CRANIOPAGUS n. the condition of Siamese twins joined at the head. |
| CRANIOSCOPY | • cranioscopy n. (Rare) The study of the shape, size, and other features of the human skull. • cranioscopy n. (Dated) Phrenology. • CRANIOSCOPY n. phrenology. |
| ENDOCRANIAL | • endocranial adj. Within the cranium. • endocranial adj. Of or pertaining to the endocranium. • ENDOCRANIAL adj. relating to the endocranium. |
| ENDOCRANIUM | • endocranium n. (Anatomy) The layer between the dura mater and the skull. • ENDOCRANIUM n. the thick fibrous membrane that lines the cranial cavity and forms the outermost layer of the dura mater. |
| EPICRANIUMS | • EPICRANIUM n. the medical term for the collection of structures covering the cranium. |
| HEMICRANIAS | • hemicranias n. Plural of hemicrania. • HEMICRANIA n. a pain that affects only one side of the head. |
| MESOCRANIES | • MESOCRANY n. medium skull breadth. |
| PERICRANIAL | • pericranial adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pericranium. • PERICRANIAL adj. relating to the pericranium, a membrane covering skull. |
| PERICRANIUM | • pericranium n. (Anatomy) The membrane (or periosteum) which covers the outer surface of the skull. • pericranium n. (Humorous, now rare) The head, skull; one’s mind. • PERICRANIUM n. a membrane covering the skull. |
| POSTCRANIAL | • postcranial adj. (Anatomy) Relating to the portion of a vertebrate skeleton located behind and/or beneath the cranium. • POSTCRANIAL adj. of or relating to the part of the body caudal to the head. |