English Explanatory Dictionary

viscerocranium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The part of the skull that developed from the embryonic branchial arches (the facial bones, rather than the cranium)

Word forms

viscerocranium viscerocrania

Etymology

From viscero- + cranium.

Synonyms

splanchnocranium

Related words

craniovisceral
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