Word Meanings - CRANIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the cranium.

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• CRANIUM
  The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull. (more info) Gr.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• PERICRANIUM
  The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.
• OSTEOCRANIUM
  The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous cranium.
• EPICRANIUM
  The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
• BUCRANIUM
  A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach