See Also: extracranial(medicine)
Extracranial(health)
extracranial arteritis(medicine)
extracranial ganglia(medicine)
extracranial pneumatocele(medicine)
extracranial pneumocele(medicine)
Extracranial hematoma(health)
extracranial-intracranial bypass(medicine)

Ossianic (iou) and Extracranial (health)


Ossianic (iou)



Ossianic adjective. E19.
[from Ossian Anglicized form of Oisin + -IC.]
Of or pertaining to Ossian (Oisin), a legendary Irish warrior and bard of the 3rd cent. AD whose poems James Macpherson (1736-96) claimed to have collected and translated, or the poems ascribed to him. Also, resembling the style or character of the poems by Macpherson ascribed to Ossian; inflated, bombastic.
'Ossianism noun M19.

Extracranial (health)


Outside the cranium, the bony dome that houses and protects the brain. As opposed to intracranial, inside the cranium.