Definition of "extracranial" [extracranial]

• Located or occurring outside the cranium. (adjective)

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• "In cases of ventriculomegaly associated with infections, chromosomal abnormalities and severe CNS and extracranial abnormalities, a poor prognosis may lead a family to end the pregnancy."
• "There are two conventional categories for seizures: extracranial, or out of the brain, causes, and intracranial, or in the brain, causes."
• "Robotic Radiosurgery System, which extends the benefits of radiosurgery to include extracranial tumors, including those in the spine, lung, prostate, liver and pancreas."