Usually means: Instrument used to crush skull.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. cranioclast: Wordnik
  2. cranioclast: Wiktionary
  3. Cranioclast, cranioclast: Dictionary.com
  4. Cranioclast: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Cranioclast: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. cranioclast: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Cranioclast: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. cranioclast: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Cranioclast: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cranioclast: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. cranioclast: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cranioclast)

▸ noun:  (medicine) An instrument for crushing the head of a foetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult cases.

Similar:
crasement, crane, cranium, acrocephalia, crotchet, acrocrany, crike, cric, collascope, acrocephalic, more...

Opposite:
cranioplasty, craniotomy

Types:
trephine, more...

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Similar:
crasement, crane, cranium, acrocephalia, crotchet, acrocrany, crike, cric, collascope, acrocephalic, more...

Opposite:
cranioplasty, craniotomy

Types:
trephine, more...



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