Viscerocranium

noun

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Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms
splanchnocraniumsplanchnocranium

Etymology

From viscero- + cranium.

Related phrases

branchial arch

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