the cartilaginous structure that, in early development, envelops the brain
chondrocranium in American English
(ˌkɑndrouˈkreiniəm)
nounWord forms: plural-niums or -nia (-niə)
a braincase composed of cartilage rather than bone, as the skull of sharks and of the vertebrate embryo before ossification
Word origin
[1870–75; chondro- + cranium]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Mafia, Victorian, asymmetric, billing, immobilize
Examples of 'chondrocranium' in a sentence
chondrocranium
We characterized the larvae of each species by the analyses on external morphology, internal oral features, chondrocranium and visceral archs.
Fabrezi, Marissa, Vera, Rosa 1997, 'Caracterización morfológica de larvas de anuros del Noroeste argentino', Cuadernos de Herpetologíahttp://www.aha.org.ar/es/cuadherpetol/caracterizacion-morfologica-de-larvas-de-anuros-del-noroeste-argentino.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)