CRANIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cranial mean? 

• CRANIAL (adjective)
  The adjective CRANIAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain

  Familiarity information: CRANIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRANIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

cranial pressure

Pertainym:

cranium (the part of the skull that encloses the brain)

Derivation:

cranium (the part of the skull that encloses the brain)

 Context examples 

Benign and malignant neoplasms that arise from one or more of the twelve cranial nerves.

(Cranial Nerve Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

"I suppose you are aware," said he, checking off points upon his fingers, "that the cranial index is a constant factor?"

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Peripheral, autonomic, and cranial nerve disorders that are associated with DIABETES MELLITUS.

(Diabetic Neuropathy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A meningioma that affects the middle cranial fossa.

(Middle Cranial Fossa Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormal growth of the cells that comprise the cranial nerves.

(Cranial Nerve Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Penetrating and nonpenetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; NECK INJURIES; and trauma to the facial region are conditions associated with cranial nerve injuries.

(Cranial Nerve Injury, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Disorders of one or more of the twelve cranial nerves.

(Cranial Nerve Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An infectious process affecting a cranial nerve.

(Cranial Nerve Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by an infectious process involving a cranial nerve.

(Cranial Nerve Infection, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Injury to, or disease of, the cranial nerve

(Cranial Nerve Injury, NCI Thesaurus)