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Meaning of acrania in English:

acrania

Pronunciation /(ˌ)eɪˈkreɪnɪə/

noun

Medicine

  • Total or partial absence of the skull, occurring as a congenital malformation; an instance of this.

Origin

Mid 19th century. From scientific Latin acrania from classical Latin a- + post-classical Latin cranium + classical Latin -ia.