US /ˈkɹeɪ.ni.əl/
adj Freq #24403

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain

    Cranial pressure.

  2. 2
    adj

    Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull.

  3. 3
    adj

    Synonym of cephalic.

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Synonyms
3 adj · synonym of cephalic. cephalic
Word family
Derived forms abdominocranialacranialacrocranialbasicranialbrachycranialcaudocranialcerebrocranialcervicocranialchondrocranialcircumcranialcleidocranialcranialization

Etymology

From cranium + -al. By surface analysis, crani- + -al.

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