Meaning & use
Cranially
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In a manner or direction relating to the skull, or toward the head end of the body.
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The nerve extends cranially from the base of the spine.
The tumor was positioned cranially to the optic nerve.
A note on using this word
A technical anatomical term, used chiefly by doctors and biologists to indicate direction relative to the head.
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