intracranial

English

Etymology

intra- +‎ cranial

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪniəl

Adjective

intracranial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the brain or inside of the head; within the cranium.
   • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

     Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

Derived terms

• intracranially
• intracranial pressure

Translations

pertaining to the inside of skull

• Czech: nitrolební, intrakraniální
• Finnish: kallonsisäinen
• Italian: endocranico (it), intracranico
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: intracraniano (pt)
• Romanian: intracranial
• Russian: внутричерепной (ru) (vnutričerepnoj)