Definition of Intracranial

1. Adjective. Within the skull.

Partainyms: Cranial

Definition of Intracranial

1. a. Within the cranium or skull.

Definition of Intracranial

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the brain or inside of the head. Within the cranium. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intracranial

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Intracranial

1. Within the skull. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intracranial

intracolumnar
intracompany
intracomponent
intraconference
intracontinental
intracordal
intracoronal
intracoronal retainer
intracoronary
intracorporal
intracorporeal
intracorporeally
intracorpuscular
intracortical
intracostal
intracranial (current term)
intracranial aneurysm
intracranial cavity
intracranial ganglion
intracranial granulomatous arteritis
intracranial haematoma
intracranial haemorrhage
intracranial hypertension
intracranial hypotension
intracranial part of optic nerve
intracranial part of vertebral artery
intracranial pneumatocele
intracranial pneumocele
intracranial pressure

Literary usage of Intracranial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"It will be convenient to consider intracranial tumors apart from intraspinal tumors. ... (a) General Symptoms Suggestive of intracranial Growths The general ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"SOME EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING STATES OF INCREASED intracranial TENSION.1 THE MUTTER LECTURE FOR 1001. BY HARVEY GUSHING, MD, ..."

3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Injuries with and Without a Fracture of the by William Sharpe (1920)
"Again, an increased intracranial pressure sufficient to retard and even ... The effect of an increase of intracranial pressure upon the fundus of the eye ..."

4. Diseases of the nose, throat and ear: Medical and Surgical by William Lincoln Ballenger (1908)
"The infection more often extends to the intracranial sinuses (veins) and to the ... Of the intracranial pyogenic infections, thrombosis of the sigmoid ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1888)
"intracranial Tumours. By BYROM BRAMWELL, MD, FRCP, Edin., ... The author divides intracranial tumours into four great groups, according to the clinical ..."

6. The Journal of Medical Research by American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists (1908)
"The increased pressure in these cases was due to intracranial tumors. Similarly produced hernias of the cerebellum have not been described. ..."

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