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Definition of Extracranial
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Extracranial
1. Outside of the cranial cavity. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extracranial
Literary usage of Extracranial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the ear in childhood: By Dr. Gustav Alexander, Tr. by Arthur J by Gustav Alexander, Arthur Joseph Bedell (1914)
"extracranial AFFECTIONS OF THE EAR extracranial affections of the ear occur by
a middle-ear suppuration leaving the region of the middle ear and advancing ..."
2. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen, Marcus Beck (1885)
"extracranial Aneurism.—-When an aneurism affects the trunk of the internal carotid
before its entrance into the skull, the symptoms presented by this ..."
3. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1914)
"Delicate processes of the pia also accompany the cranial nerves and vessels from
the skull, and are continuous with the extracranial lymph-channels. ..."
4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"The effect of serum lipids and lipoproteins on extracranial carotid artery
atherosclerosis (CAS) was studied in patients who underwent carotid arteriography ..."
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