How to Use intracranial in a Sentence

intracranial

adjective
Definition of intracranialnext
  • The first was the presence of an intracranial joint joining the two portions of the skull.
    — Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2022
  • Doctors put him in a coma to prevent brain swelling from an intracranial bleed.
    — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Changes in intracranial pressure can lead to eye problems.
    — Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • These changes point to an increase in intracranial pressure while in orbit.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2022
  • First off, the ASD group had no differences in overall brain size (intracranial volume).
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2014
  • However, these types of intracranial electrodes are often placed on the brains of epilepsy patients in order to locate the sites of their seizures.
    — Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The autopsy, performed on Sept. 3, found no injuries to McClain’s skull or brain, and no intracranial bleeding; there were no rib or bone fractures.
    — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2019
  • She was transported to a hospital, where she was found to have an intracranial bleed and multiple skull fractures.
    — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2022
  • He was diagnosed that evening and died of intracranial bleeding in the night, said B.L. Sherwal, director of the hospital.
    — Shefali Anand, WSJ, 28 May 2021
  • Kayden’s injuries include fractures to his pelvis and neck, and intracranial bleeding.
    — Washington Post, 13 June 2018
  • Four patients had intracranial hemorrhages, or bleeding between the brain tissue and skull or within the brain itself, the letter said.
    — Chuck Lindell, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2020
  • The surgery was performed as early as the Neolithic era and was thought to relieve a variety of ailments, from high fever, to convulsions, to intracranial pressure.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Although the volume of cerebrospinal fluid increases in certain areas, the brain itself doesn’t swell in size, which would be a cause of intracranial pressure.
    — Mark Strauss, National Geographic, 30 Nov. 2016
  • In the ancient world, would-be surgeons sometimes used primitive drills or saws on people, and even a child, with brain traumas, scurvy or intracranial infection, sometimes killing them.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Kayden's injuries include fractures to his pelvis and cervical spine, as well as intracranial bleeding.
    — Elizabeth Zwirz, Fox News, 13 June 2018
  • That’s definitely not on the official list of symptoms for intracranial teratomas.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Kreiman and his colleagues gathered their data via intracranial recordings, where electrodes are placed inside the skull that pick up the electrical activity of neurons.
    — Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022
  • In Wuhan, a front-line doctor went to his isolated room to avoid possibly infecting his family and had an intracranial hemorrhage.
    — cleveland, 29 Mar. 2020
  • Some TBIs, especially the more severe ones, are characterized by bleeding in the brain (intracranial), and these require a different kind of treatment, where the skull is opened to release pressure and remove the clotted blood, called a hematoma.
    — Nathan Hurst, Smithsonian, 30 Mar. 2017
  • Weeks later he was hospitalized with a severe headache, the result of intracranial bleeding that became life-threatening.
    — Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2021
  • But as patients worsen, physicians struggle over whether to up the anticoagulant dose, which boosts the risk of gastrointestinal and intracranial bleeding.
    — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Researchers found a significant increase — 38 percent — of intracranial bleeding among the people who took daily aspirin compared with those who took a daily placebo pill.
    — Emily Baumgaertner, New York Times, 26 July 2023
  • Rutishauser and his team worked with 20 patients already undergoing intracranial recording of their brain activity for surgery to treat epilepsy.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The impact on the health of astronauts' vision as a result of long-term spaceflight previously was known as visual impairment and intracranial pressure, or VIIP, syndrome.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Researchers found a significant increase — 38 percent — in intracranial bleeding among the people who took daily aspirin compared with those who took a daily placebo pill.
    — Emily Baumgaertner, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
  • The rare infections, called intracranial abscess, are caused when bacteria, like Streptococcus intermedius, reach the brain.
    — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Some epileptic patients about to undergo surgery have intracranial probes put into their brains; researchers can now use these probes to help steer the patients’ neural patterns away from those associated with depression.
    — James Somers, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The change in hydration status of the body could impact intracranial pressure or cause electrolyte abnormalities, says Dr. Feoktistov.
    — Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping, 26 June 2021
  • Researchers have been racing to understand the condition, which is known as visual impairment/intracranial pressure syndrome, or VIIP.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2022
  • American states typically demand evidence that the whole brain has stopped working, for example a lack of intracranial blood flow, but there is no national protocol.
    — The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018

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