Meaning & use
intracranial
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.
A note on using this word
A medical term almost always used to describe conditions or measurements inside the skull.
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