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CHONDROCRANIUM

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chon⋅dro⋅cra⋅ni⋅um

  [kon-droh-krey-nee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -ni⋅ums, -ni⋅a  [-nee-uh] .
a braincase composed of cartilage rather than bone, as the skull of sharks and of the vertebrate embryo before ossification.
Origin:
1870–75; chondro- + cranium
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chon·dro·cra·ni·um   (kŏn'drō-krā'nē-əm)   
n.   pl. chon·dro·cra·ni·ums or chon·dro·cra·ni·a (-nē-ə)

  1. The cartilaginous cranium of an embryo before ossification.

  2. A portion of the embryonic cranium forming the bones of the base of the skull and eventually undergoing ossification.

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Main Entry: chon·dro·cra·ni·um
Pronunciation: "kän-dr&-'krA-nE-&m, -drO-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -nia
: the embryonic cartilaginous cranium; also : the part of the adult skull derived therefrom —compare OSTEOCRANIUM
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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chondrocranium chon·dro·cra·ni·um (kŏn'drō-krā'nē-əm)
n.
The cartilaginous parts of the developing skull.

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