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Definition of Chondrocranium
1. Noun. (anatomy) The developing skull, composed of cartilage, of an embryo before ossification ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chondrocranium
1. [n -NIA or -NIUMS]
Medical Definition of Chondrocranium
1. A cartilaginous skull; the cartilaginous parts of the developing skull. Origin: chondro-+ G. Kranion, skull (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chondrocranium
Literary usage of Chondrocranium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Course of Instruction in Zootomy (vertebrata.) by Thomas Jeffery Parker (1906)
"... turning inwards towards the base of the septum to form its floor. Each capsule
is per- FIG. 37.—Lacerta viridis. The chondrocranium from above (after WK ..."
2. Developmental Pathology by Eugene Solomon Talbot (1905)
"The openings in the skull resultant on the deficiencies in the chondrocranium
are larger in the Figure 6.—Front view of skull, showing open suture in center ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The main attachment, however, of the jaws to the chondrocranium in such a case,
as holds for the majority of fishes, is through the enlarged dorsal segment ..."
4. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1903)
"Anteriorly the mid-ventral groove becomes shallower, and finally disappears
entirely not far from the extreme anterior end of the chondrocranium. ..."
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