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pericrane

pericrane is the obsolete form of pericranium.

Meaning of pericranium

Noun

pericranium (plural pericraniums or pericrania)

  1. The membrane (or periosteum) which covers the outer surface of the skull.
    • After making the incision, the pericranium must be raised a little from the bone with the edge of the knife, to clear the bone, and the scalprum employed.1819, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary
  2. (archaic, humorous) The head, skull; one's mind.
    • If any Man for that reaſon has an Inclination to divert himſelf, and Sail with me round the Globe, to ſuperviſe almoſt all the Conditions of Humane Life, without being infected with the Vanities, and Vices that attend such a Whimſical Perambulation; let him follow me, who am going to Relate it in a...1700, Tom Brown, Amusements Serious and Comical, calculated for the Meridian of London, page 10

Forms of pericrane

pluralpericranes

Questions about pericrane

What is pericrane the obsolete form of?
Pericrane is the obsolete form of pericranium.

Words near pericrane in the dictionary

  1. pericoronal
  2. pericoronary
  3. pericoronitis
  4. pericortical
  5. pericostal
  6. pericrane
  7. pericranes
  8. pericrania
  9. pericranial
  10. pericranies
  11. pericranium

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