Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Situated on the upper surface of the cranium.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Situated above, or in the roof of, the cranium.

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  • adjective anatomy Above the cranium

Etymologies

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supra- +‎ cranial

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Examples

  • Evolution and function of the supracranial sinuses in ceratopsid dinosaurs and the frontal sinuses in bovid mammals.

    Neoceratopsian publications for 2008 ReBecca Foster 2009

  • Evolution and function of the supracranial sinuses in ceratopsid dinosaurs and the frontal sinuses in bovid mammals.

    Archive 2009-01-01 ReBecca Foster 2009

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