Cranial: 1. Pertaining to the cranium or skull. 2. Toward the head. As opposed to caudad. The eye is cranial to the jaw. For a more complete listing of terms used in medicine for spatial orientation, please see the entry to "Anatomic Orientation Terms".
–adjective of or pertaining to the cranium or skull. Use cranial in a Sentence See images of cranial Search cranial on the Web Origin: 1790–1800; crani(um) + -al ...
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( krÄ ' nÄ“-É™l ) adj. Of or relating to the skull or cranium. [From CRANIUM .] cranially cra ' ni·al·ly adv.
cranial /cra·ni·al/ (-al) 1. pertaining to the cranium. 2. toward the head end of the body; a synonym of superior in humans and other bipeds. cra·ni·al (kr n-l)
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