Meaning & use

intracranial

adjective·Advanced

Located or occurring within the skull.

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The scan revealed an intracranial bleed that required emergency surgery.

Doctors monitored the patient's intracranial pressure closely after the accident.

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A medical term almost always used to describe conditions or measurements inside the skull.

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