ventrocranial

English

Etymology

From ventro- +‎ cranial.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪniəl

Adjective

ventrocranial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the front of the cranium
   • 2015 November 12, “A Reappraisal of the Purported Gastric Pellet with Pterosaurian Bones from the Upper Triassic of Italy”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     A hook-like process along the ventrocranial margin of the centrum resembles a cranially placed and well-developed hypapophysis like that present caudally in the cervicals of the drepanosauromorphs [46 ].

Anagrams

• cranioventral