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chon•dro•cra•ni•um



Pronunciation: (kon"drō-krā'nē-um) [key]
n.,
pl. -ni•ums, -ni•aPronunciation: (-nē-u). [key]

a braincase composed of cartilage rather than bone, as the skull of sharks and of the vertebrate embryo before ossification.

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