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transcranial

transcranial adjective: passing through the cranium.

Adjective

transcranial (not comparable)

  1. Passing through the cranium.
    • transcranial magnetic stimulation
    • transcranial brain stimulation

Origin of transcranial

From trans- + cranial.

Words formed from transcranial

Phrases with transcranial

Words that rhyme with transcranial

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Questions about transcranial

What does transcranial mean?
Transcranial means passing through the cranium.
What part of speech is transcranial?
Transcranial is an adjective.

Words near transcranial in the dictionary

  1. transcortically
  2. transcortin
  3. transcortins
  4. transcosmic
  5. transcountry
  6. transcranial
  7. transcranial direct current stimulation
  8. transcranial Doppler
  9. transcranial Dopplers
  10. transcranially
  11. transcranic

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