Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precranial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-cra-nial
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before (in front of) the cranium

Example Sentences

"Posterior to this, the precranial cavity first appears as a dorsal and a ventral opening."

Etymology

From pre- + cranial.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Rhymes With

exocranial noncranial hemicranial viscerocranial caudocranial ventrocranial circumcranial dorsocranial laterocranial proximocranial cerebrocranial splanchnocranial

Questions

What does precranial mean?: Before (in front of) the cranium
Where does precranial come from?: From pre- + cranial.

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