English word cranioquadrate comes from English quadrate, English cranio- (Cranium.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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quadrate | English (eng) | (anatomy) The quadrate bone.. (astrology) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile.. (geometry) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square. (archaic, ambitransitive) To square.. (archaic, transitive) To adjust (a gun) on its [...] |
cranio- | English (eng) | Cranium. |
cranioquadrate | English (eng) | (anatomy) Relating to the cranium and the quadrate ramus (of the pterygoid). |