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pericranium

Meaning of "pericranium" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERICRANIUM

New Latin, from Greek perikranion.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PERICRANIUM

ˌpɛrɪˈkreɪnɪəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERICRANIUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pericranium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERICRANIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Periosteum

Periosteum (from Greek περί (peri 'around') and ὀστοῦν(ostoun 'bone')) is a membrane that covers the outer surface of all bones, except at the joints of long bones. Endosteum lines the inner surface of all bones.

Definition of pericranium in the English dictionary

The definition of pericranium in the dictionary is the fibrous membrane covering the external surface of the skull.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERICRANIUM

actinium · actinouranium · aluminium · calcaneum · chondrocranium · condominium · cranium · delphinium · drepanium · endocranium · epicranium · geranium · germanium · Herculaneum · sparganium · succedaneum · suppedaneum · titanium · transuranium · uranium

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERICRANIUM

perichondria · perichondrial · perichondrium · perichoresis · periclase · periclastic · Periclean · Pericles · periclinal · pericline · periclitate · pericopal · pericope · pericopic · pericrania · pericranial · periculous · pericycle · pericyclic · pericynthion

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERICRANIUM

ammonium · asplenium · depleted uranium · enriched uranium · helenium · Iconium · ivyleaf geranium · lemon geranium · millennium · omnium · pandemonium · plutonium · rose geranium · ruthenium · selenium · the millennium · trailing geranium · xenium · zirconium · zonal geranium

Synonyms and antonyms of pericranium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pericranium» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PERICRANIUM

Find out the translation of pericranium to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pericranium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pericranium» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

骨膜
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

pericráneo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

pericranium
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

pericranium
380 millions of speakers
ar

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pericranium
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

pericranium
278 millions of speakers
pt

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pericrânio
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

করোটি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

péricrâne
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Perikranium
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Pericranium
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

頭蓋骨膜
130 millions of speakers
ko

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pericranium
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Pericranium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lớp da bọc xương sọ
80 millions of speakers
ta

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ஓட்டுறை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पेरिट्रॅनियम
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

perikranyuma
70 millions of speakers
it

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pericranium
65 millions of speakers
pl

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pericranium
50 millions of speakers
uk

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pericranium
40 millions of speakers
ro

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pericranium
30 millions of speakers
el

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pericranium
15 millions of speakers
af

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pericranium
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pericranium
10 millions of speakers
no

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pericranium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pericranium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERICRANIUM»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pericranium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERICRANIUM»

Discover the use of pericranium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pericranium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cunningham's textbook of anatomy
Intervening between these three layers and the pericranium is a loose cellular layer which supports the small vessels passing between the scalp proper and pericranium. The thin pericranium, although regarded anatomically as periosteum, ...
Daniel John Cunningham, 1818
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Pediatric Neurosurgery
By palpation, the entire length of the cranial defect covered by pericranium is exposed in surgical view. The site of the cranial defect is often bulging and may be accompanied by blush appearance due to an underlying subarachnoid cyst.
James Tait Goodrich, 2011
3
Calvarial and Dural Reconstruction
The dural patch is usually performed with a free piece of pericranium, temporalis fascia, or fascia lata. Generally, suturing in the vicinity of the optic nerves is avoided because of the thin, fragile dura; this must be carefully considered when  ...
Setti S. Rengachary, Edward C. Benzel, 1998
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Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 80, Part ...
Therefore when general precautions are taken one must discover whether this lesion has affected the pericranium at least when it is laid bare because sometimes that part which is above the pericranium is contused, later putrefies and falls ...
Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, Levi Robert Lind
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On Fracture of the Skull Or Cranium
Therefore when general precautions are taken one must discover whether this lesion has affected the pericranium at least when it is laid bare because sometimes that part which is above the pericranium is contused, later putrefies and falls ...
Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, 1990
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Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
Pericranium over the donor defect (D). Control side below: good formation of bone with a cranial suture (S)autotransplant(A). Fig. 3. Parasagittal sections taken at l2 weeks of age. No pericranium over the donor site (D): small islands of bone ...
Kiyonori Harii, 1995
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The Workes of that Famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey
Of the mfculosts skin of the Head, (commonly ailed the hairy seal fe) and of the Pericranium. I He skin which covers the skull, and is covered with the hair, is far more fleshy, thick, hard and dry,than any other part of the body, especially which  ...
Ambroise Paré, Adriaan van den Spiegel, John Clarke ((Londres)), 1649
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Head & Neck Surgery--otolaryngology
ED, ethmoid bone and dura; OB, transected olfactory bulbs; OT, orbital tissues; P, pericranium; Pt, pterion; Ss, sphenoidal sinus; Za, zygomatic arch. galea can cause devascularization of the forehead, especially if the superficial temporal ...
Byron J. Bailey, Jonas T. Johnson, Shawn D. Newlands, 2006
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Jatin Shah's Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology: Expert ...
Figure 6-33. The proposed lines of incisions. Figure 6-36. The scalp flap is elevated in a plane superficial to the galea aponeurotica and the pericranium. nasal subunits (Figure 6-35). If exposure of the lower half of the nasal cavity, hard palate, ...
Jatin P. Shah, Snehal G. Patel, Bhuvanesh Singh, 2012
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Moyamoya Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment
0 Pericranial Flap An additional source of tissue to supply blood that can be added to any of the previously described procedures is placement of the pericranium in contact with the brain.55 Several authors describe the galea as a component ...
John E. Wanebo, Nadia Khan, 2013

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERICRANIUM»

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Scalp of injured woman reattached at CMCH
... had removed the scalp's five layers, of which the topmost was the skin and the bottom one was the pericranium, the outer surface of the skull. «The Hindu, Jun 15»
2
Craniosynostosis: a Surgeon's View
“It seems to be something going on with the dura—the layer under the skull—and the pericranium, the tissue over the skull,” Staffenberg said. «HCPLive, Feb 15»
3
Woman says her struggle with rare brain disorder will help her as a …
She developed chemical meningitis from the synthetic patch and had to have it replaced with one fashioned from her own pericranium, the ... «Houston Chronicle, Aug 14»
4
UKMMC remove brain tumours on 'wide awake' patients
"This is why awake craniotomy can be done on a person's brain. Pain fibres are only located on the scalp and pericranium (tissue overlying the ... «The Sun Daily, Aug 13»
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UKM removes brain tumours while patient is conscious
Dr Ramesh said sedation is given at the start because the scalp and pericranium (tissue overlying the bone) is pain sensitive while the brain is ... «The Malaysian Insider, Mar 13»
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