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Cranium vs Cleidocranial - What's the difference?

cranium | cleidocranial |

As a noun cranium

is the skull of a vertebrate.

As an adjective cleidocranial is

(anatomy) relating to, or connecting the clavicle and the cranium.

cranium

English

(wikipedia cranium)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The skull of a vertebrate.
  • That part of the skull enclosing the brain, the braincase.

    • Derived terms

    * cranial * cranially * hemicrania * hemicraniectomy * hemicraniotomy

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    cleidocranial

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the clavicle and the cranium