craniotabes
UK/ˌkɹeɪ.ni.əʊˈteɪ.biːz/
craniotabes noun: the medical finding of a softening or thinning of the skull.
Noun
craniotabes (uncountable)
- The medical finding of a softening or thinning of the skull.
- Dr. Elsässer applies the terms "soft occiput, or craniotabes," to the particular phase of this affection as he observed it, because it attacked the cranial bones, and especially the occipital bone, producing in these changes precisely analogous to those which rickets occasions in other parts of the...1852 October, E. J. Beylard, “On Rachitis, Fragility of the Bones, and Osteomalacia”, in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 431
- The greater number of cases of acquired rickets develop in the first half year (often in the first three months), with softness of the occiput which Elsässer has well defined as craniotabes.1910, Abraham Jacobi, Diseases of Children, page 251
craniotabes meaning in Tamil
craniotabes in Tamil
- கனிமக்குறை மண்டை எலும்பு, மண்டை எலும்பு மென்மயுறல்
Origin of craniotabes
From cranio- + tabes.
Questions about craniotabes
- What does craniotabes mean?
- Craniotabes means the medical finding of a softening or thinning of the skull.
- What is craniotabes in Tamil?
- Craniotabes in Tamil is கனிமக்குறை மண்டை எலும்பு, மண்டை எலும்பு மென்மயுறல். See Craniotabes meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is craniotabes?
- Craniotabes is a noun.
- How do you pronounce craniotabes?
- Craniotabes is pronounced /ˌkɹeɪ.ni.əʊˈteɪ.biːz/ (UK).
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