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extracranial

extracranial adjective: not intracranial, but outside the cranium.

Adjective

extracranial (not comparable)

  1. Not intracranial, but outside the cranium.

Origin of extracranial

From extra- + cranial.

Words formed from extracranial

Questions about extracranial

What does extracranial mean?
Extracranial means not intracranial, but outside the cranium.
What part of speech is extracranial?
Extracranial is an adjective.

Words near extracranial in the dictionary

  1. extracorpuscular
  2. extracortical
  3. extracosmic
  4. extracostal
  5. extracoxal
  6. extracranial
  7. extracranially
  8. extracrevicular
  9. extracromosomal
  10. extracrystalline
  11. extract

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