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cranioventral

cranioventral adjective: relating to the front of the cranium (or head).

Adjective

cranioventral (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the front of the cranium (or head)
    • The skin incision is made in a caudodorsal to cranioventral direction starting about 5 cm ventral to the transverse process of the 5th lumbar vertebra and extending to a point about 5 cm caudal to the costal arch at the level of the transition of the last rib to its costal cartilage (Fig. 5 ).2015 July 3, Ueli Braun, Karl Nuss, “Uroperitoneum in cattle: Ultrasonographic findings, diagnosis and treatment”, in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, volume 57, →DOI

Origin of cranioventral

From cranio- + ventral.

Words formed from cranioventral

Questions about cranioventral

What does cranioventral mean?
Cranioventral means relating to the front of the cranium (or head).
What part of speech is cranioventral?
Cranioventral is an adjective.

Words near cranioventral in the dictionary

  1. craniotomy
  2. craniotopic
  3. craniotopography
  4. craniotubular
  5. craniovascular
  6. cranioventral
  7. cranioventrally
  8. cranioventricular
  9. cranioversaries
  10. cranioversary
  11. craniovertebral

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