"pericranium" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɛɹɪˈkɹeɪnɪəm/ [UK] Forms: pericraniums [plural], pericrania [plural]
Etymology: From late Latin pericranium, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek περικράνιον (perikránion), noun use of the neuter form of περικράνιος (perikránios, “around the skull”), from περί (perí, “around”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|pericranium}} Latin pericranium, {{uder|en|grc|περικράνιον}} Ancient Greek περικράνιον (perikránion) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|pericrania}} pericranium (plural pericraniums or pericrania)
  1. (anatomy) The membrane (or periosteum) which covers the outer surface of the skull. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-pericranium-en-noun-NFRzSbqk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (humorous, now rare) The head, skull; one's mind. Tags: archaic, humorous
    Sense id: en-pericranium-en-noun-CxL9ii~w
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pericranial Related terms: postcranium

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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