How to Use cranial in a Sentence

cranial

adjective
Definition of cranialnext
  • Lausanne is the center of the world for cranial surgery.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2023
  • On an owl, that's a strong bone that connects the cranial edge of the sternum to the shoulder joint.
    — Paul Vercammen, CNN, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Entire fossil specimen of a cranial crest with the back of the head to the right.
    — NBC News, 20 Apr. 2022
  • But most can still control their sniffing via cranial nerves in the soft palate.
    — Ferris Jabr, Scientific American, 29 July 2010
  • So far, though, the man appears to be doing well, despite the cranial air pocket.
    — Amy B Wang, miamiherald, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Judging by cranial bones and teeth, one of the men was young, likely aged 18 to 25, with a spinal column with compressed discs.
    — Frances D'emilio, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2020
  • While cranial surgery appears to be the most likely explanation for the hole, things did not end well for the cow.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2018
  • One of the pedestrians suffered fractures to her spine, pelvis and ribs and a cranial bleeding and was rushed to the hospital.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • One of the pilots helped the minister remove his cranial helmet, which caught on his large ears.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 2 Mar. 2021
  • According to Dr. Swartz, that happens when the virus affects one of the cranial nerves, which can also cause a rash on the scalp, forehead, or face.
    — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 16 Aug. 2017
  • There's less room for the brain to slosh around in the cranial cavity, thereby reducing the risk of concussion.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 July 2022
  • But our brains need vigorous exercise and the best way to work out those cranial muscles is to attach a book to them.
    — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2022
  • Based on his cranial bones, the volume of J1's brain was about 88 percent that of the average adult Neanderthal's.
    — Ben Guarino, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Sep. 2017
  • The cancer was discovered during cranial surgery last week to remove a blood clot above his left eye.
    — Dan Nowicki, The Courier-Journal, 19 July 2017
  • The method reduces, if not eliminates, cranial trauma and retraction of the brain.
    — Rubén Rosario, Twin Cities, 20 May 2017
  • Griffey’s cranial deformation was one of the cruel fates that befell almost all the major league stars in the episode.
    — Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 25 May 2017
  • The scanning focused upon Little Foot’s cranial vault - the upper part of her braincase — and her lower jaw, or mandible.
    — NBC News, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Morton found a wide range of cranial volumes within each of his racial categories.
    — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 8 July 2021
  • That means cranial surgery was happening as long ago as the Mesolithic period.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The big surprise, however, comes from Pardo et al.’s (2017) new study of cranial anatomy in early tetrapods.
    — Darren Naish, Scientific American Blog Network, 7 July 2017
  • Moreover, as Rothberg’s wife told him over video chat, there was no way users would give themselves what felt like cranial defilements.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Perhaps the oldest type of skull surgery is cranial trepanation—the drilling of a hole in the head—which has been well-documented along the Iberian Peninsula.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Although cranial surgery was a refined practice in Peru 1,000 years ago, ancient surgeons faced a bit of a learning curve.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The process, which involves a freaky cranial implant of a not-so-micro chip, produces full separation between the subject’s work and home selves.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The melanosomes found in the branched feathers and cranial tissue were different shapes, suggesting that the flying reptile had a range of hues, Science Alert reports.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Perhaps a robot can give you the round-brush blowout in the shampoo ad, but no metal fingers can relax you like a stylist, who turns a shampoo into a cranial sacral massage.
    — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Mason’s AIs think in glyphs, or waves of data, and only people with cranial implants can understand them.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 26 May 2017
  • For those who, like me have more modest cranial capabilities, read on.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2019
  • These are soft tissue areas that lead directly to the cranial cavity.
    — Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Schmitt’s contact lenses weren’t the only new cranial accessory in the clubhouse.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024

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