viscerocranium

noun

viscerocranium

noun

Etymology From viscero- + cranium.

1

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences The part of the skull that developed from the embryonic branchial arches (the facial bones, rather than the cranium)

Synonyms
splanchnocranium
Related terms
craniovisceral

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