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cranio-

cranio- prefix: forms terms relating to the cranium (skull).

Prefix

cranio-

  1. Forms terms relating to the cranium (skull).

Forms of cranio-

alternative before-vowelcrani-

Origin of cranio-

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin crānium, borrowed from Ancient Greek κρᾱνῐ́ον (krānĭ́on), from *κρᾱν- (*krān-) + -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on).

Questions about cranio-

What does cranio- mean?
Cranio- means forms terms relating to the cranium (skull).
What part of speech is cranio-?
Cranio- is a prefix.

Words near cranio- in the dictionary

  1. craniids
  2. craniiform
  3. craniiforms
  4. craning
  5. cranings
  6. cranio-
  7. cranio-lenticulo-sutural
  8. cranio-vertebral
  9. craniocardiac
  10. craniocarpotarsal
  11. craniocaudal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cranio- (page history and authors). 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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