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cranial kinesis

cranial kinesis noun: significant movement of skull bones relative to each other in addition to movement at the joint between the upper and lower jaws.

Noun

cranial kinesis (plural cranial kinesis or cranial kineses)

  1. Significant movement of skull bones relative to each other in addition to movement at the joint between the upper and lower jaws.

Forms of cranial kinesis

pluralcranial kinesis
pluralcranial kineses

Questions about cranial kinesis

What does cranial kinesis mean?
Cranial kinesis means significant movement of skull bones relative to each other in addition to movement at the joint between the upper and lower jaws.
What part of speech is cranial kinesis?
Cranial kinesis is a noun.
What is the plural of cranial kinesis?
The plural of cranial kinesis is cranial kinesis.

Words near cranial kinesis in the dictionary

  1. craniacromial
  2. craniad
  3. cranial
  4. cranial base
  5. cranial index
  6. cranial kinesis
  7. cranial nerve
  8. cranial nerves
  9. cranial orbit
  10. cranial orbits
  11. cranialization

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