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cranioectomy

cranioectomy is the alternative form of craniectomy.

Meaning of craniectomy

Noun

craniectomy (plural craniectomies)

  1. The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, to relieve intracranial pressure

Questions about cranioectomy

What is cranioectomy the alternative form of?
Cranioectomy is the alternative form of craniectomy.

Words near cranioectomy in the dictionary

  1. craniodistal
  2. craniodorsal
  3. craniodorsally
  4. craniodorsolateral
  5. cranioectodermal
  6. cranioectomy
  7. cranioencephalic
  8. craniofacial
  9. craniofacially
  10. craniofrontonasal
  11. craniognomic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cranioectomy (page history and authors); craniectomy (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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