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craniotopography

craniotopography noun: the layout of the cranium and the parts of the brain beneath it.

Noun

craniotopography (uncountable)

  1. (dated, rare) The layout of the cranium and the parts of the brain beneath it.
    • He held that great exactness in craniotopography is unnecessary, all that is needed being to make a sufficiently large opening.1894, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record, volume 45, page 569
    • For details of craniotopography, operative procedure and technique, and the special dangers incident to the operation for brain tumor, the reader is referred to the article […]1901, A Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences, page 457

Origin of craniotopography

From cranio- + topography.

Questions about craniotopography

What does craniotopography mean?
Craniotopography means the layout of the cranium and the parts of the brain beneath it.
What part of speech is craniotopography?
Craniotopography is a noun.

Words near craniotopography in the dictionary

  1. craniotomized
  2. craniotomizes
  3. craniotomizing
  4. craniotomy
  5. craniotopic
  6. craniotopography
  7. craniotubular
  8. craniovascular
  9. cranioventral
  10. cranioventrally
  11. cranioventricular

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