transcranialadj.
/ˌtranzˈkreɪnɪəl/, /ˌtrɑːnzˈkreɪnɪəl/, /ˌtransˈkreɪnɪəl/, /ˌtrɑːnsˈkreɪnɪəl/, U.S. /ˌtræn(t)sˈkreɪniəl/, /ˌtrænzˈkreɪniəl/ Anatomy and Pathology.
Passing, occurring, or effected through the cranium.
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1874 London Med. Rec. 29 Apr. 256/1 (title) Rizzoli on a case of transcranial arterio-venous aneurism.
1950 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 63 557 The usual operation in psychosurgery has been lateral transcranial lobotomy.
1974 R. H. McCollum & I. J. Goodman in I. J. Goodman & M. W. Schein Birds 211 Transcranial currents..can cause retrograde amnesia in chicks.
Compounds
transcranial magnetic stimulation n. a procedure in which an electromagnetic coil positioned close to a person's head is used to induce electrical stimulation of a specific region of the brain, esp. in the study and treatment of neurological and psychiatric conditions.
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1988 R. Benecke et al. in Exper. Brain Res. 71 623 (title) Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human brain: responses in muscles supplied by cranial nerves.
2010 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) May 47/1 Such neural plasticity could well create pathways for blindsight that are not present in the normally sighted people..studied using transcranial magnetic stimulation and visual masking.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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