craniocentric

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adjective

Centered on the cranium

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Meanings

adjectivecraniocentric (comparative more craniocentric, superlative most craniocentric)

comparative more craniocentric · superlative most craniocentric

  1. Centered on the cranium

    Unfortunately, these–as well as more recent ones like the important [40 ]–are resolutely craniocentric, mostly disregarding the hyobranchium, the postcranial skeleton and the soft tissues.

    2015 October 1, “An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From cranio- + -centric.

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