CHONDROCRANIUM


Meaning of CHONDROCRANIUM in English

/kon'droh kray"nee euhm/ n. , pl. chondrocraniums, chondrocrania /-nee euh/ .

a braincase composed of cartilage rather than bone, as the skull of sharks and of the vertebrate embryo before ossification.

[ 1870-75; CHONDRO- + CRANIUM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .