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Pericranium vs Periostium - What's the difference?

pericranium | periostium |

pericranium

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) The membrane (or periosteum) which covers the outer surface of the skull.
  • The head, skull; one's mind.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 411:
    • Now, Mrs Honour had unluckily poured so much of this liquid fire down her throat, that the smoke of it began to ascend into her pericranium , and blinded the eyes of Reason [...]

    periostium

    Not English

    Periostium has no English definition. It may be misspelled.