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FISSURE OF THE CRANIUM

\fˈɪʃəɹ ɒvðə kɹˈani͡əm], \fˈɪʃəɹ ɒvðə kɹˈani‍əm], \f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_ɹ ɒ_v_ð_ə k_ɹ_ˈa_n_iə_m]\

Definitions of FISSURE OF THE CRANIUM

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A cleft that may involve the skin, cranium, and meninges, exposing the brain in a more or less atrophied condition; or involve the cranial bones alone, forming a hernia cerebri when the cleft is large.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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