cranial

[ krey-nee-uhl ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the cranium or skull.

cranial

/ ˈkreɪnɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the skull

cranial

/ krā′nē-əl /

1. Located in or involving the skull or cranium.

Derived Forms

• ˈcranially, adverb

Other Words From

• crani·al·ly adverb
• inter·crani·al adjective
• pre·crani·al adjective
• pre·crani·al·ly adverb
• sub·crani·al adjective
• sub·crani·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of cranial¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; crani(um) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The reason: Wearing the devices just occasionally tricks your brain into thinking you don’t need them, and that’ll confuse the prized three-pound master cranial organ a top your spinal cord.

From Salon

For those who do survive, he added, 50 percent of them are left with long-term physical or mental impairments, running the gambit from intellectual disability, seizures, paralysis and cranial nerve dysfunction.

From Salon

These include cancers of the lymph nodes, bones, blood vessels or mast cell tumors for some breeds; and joint disorders such as hip or elbow dysplasia, or cranial cruciate ligament tears.

From Science Daily

"These results help us understand the evolutionary history of horns and antlers and could suggest that differences in other ruminant cranial appendages, like ossicones and pronghorns, are also elaborations on a shared ancestral cranial appendage."

From Science Daily

They discovered a vascular tumor the size of a golf ball pressing on her brain stem and entangled in blood vessels and cranial nerves.

From Seattle Times