Word Meanings - PERICRANIUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.

Related words: (words related to PERICRANIUM)

• PERIOSTEUM
  The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• AROUND
  1. In a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town. 3. Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took
• CRANIUM
  The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull. (more info) Gr.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• EXTERNALLY
  In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.
• COVERSED SINE
  The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
• REGIONAL
  Of or pertaining to a particular region; sectional.
• COVERSIDE
  A region of country having covers; a hunting country.
• REGION
  1. One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract.
• PERICRANIUM
  The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.
• PHOTIC REGION
  The uppermost zone of the sea, which receives the most light.
• OSTEOCRANIUM
  The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous cranium.
• EPICRANIUM
  The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
• RUN-AROUND
  A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone.
• BUCRANIUM
  A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc.
• APHOTIC REGION
  A depth of water so great that only those organisms can exist that do not assimilate.
• TRANSREGIONATE
  Foreign. Holinshed.