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cranial

/ˈkɹeɪ.ni.əl/

cranial adjective: of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull.

Adjective

cranial (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull.
  2. Synonym of cephalic.
    Synonyms:
    cephalic

cranial meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

cranial in Tamil

சம்பந்தமான, புற பொது நரம்புகள், மண்டை, மண்டையிய, மண்டையோட்டுக்குரிய, மூளைபொதிந்த குடுவைக்குரிய

cranial in Urdu

کرینیل, کرینیئل, کرینئل

cranial in Bengali

ক্র্যানিয়াল, ক্রেনিয়াল

cranial in Malayalam

ക്രാനിയൽ
More languagesFewer languages
cranial in Gujarati
ક્રેનિયલ
cranial in Odia
କ୍ରାନିଆଲ୍, କ୍ରାନିଯ଼ାଲ୍, କ୍ରାନିଆଲ
cranial in Nepali
क्रेनियल, क्रानियल
cranial in Tagalog
bunguin, pamungo
cranial in Arabic
جُمْجُمِيّ jumjumiyy

Examples of cranial in a sentence

  • The width of the skull is 18 cm and the length 24 cm, so the cranial index is 75.
  • Although the film definitely toed the line with Black Bolt's crunching cranial collapse.
  • Cranial skeletogenic mesenchyme is derived from two distinct embryonic sources, cephalic paraxial mesoderm and cranial neural crest.

All 16 example sentences with cranial

Synonyms of cranial

Origin of cranial

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

Words formed from cranial

Phrases with cranial

Words that rhyme with cranial

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Questions about cranial

What does cranial mean?
Cranial means of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull.
What is cranial in Tamil?
Cranial in Tamil is சம்பந்தமான, புற பொது நரம்புகள், மண்டை. See Cranial meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cranial?
Cranial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cranial?
Cranial is pronounced /ˈkɹeɪ.ni.əl/.

Words near cranial in the dictionary

  1. crangs
  2. crani-
  3. crania
  4. craniacromial
  5. craniad
  6. cranial
  7. cranial base
  8. cranial index
  9. cranial kinesis
  10. cranial nerve
  11. cranial nerves

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cranial (page history and authors); cranial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cranial (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cranial (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cranial (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cranial (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cranial (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cranial (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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