Definition
Lacking a skull or cranium; relating to or describing organisms or conditions without a properly developed brain case.
Etymology
From Greek a- (without) plus kranion (skull), with the adjective suffix -al. Used in medical and zoological contexts to describe creatures or conditions without a cranium.
Kelly Says
The term acranial is used in evolutionary biology to describe the earliest proto-vertebrates that existed before skulls evolved—these jawless fish 500 million years ago show us that you can have a brain without the bony protection we now consider essential.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
ARالعربية
أعضاء الرأس
aʿẓāʾ ar-rās
BNবাংলা
শিরোমুখের
shiro-mukher
CACatalà
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
CSČeština
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
DADansk
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
DEDeutsch
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
ELΕλληνικά
ακρανιαλός
ak-ra-ni-a-los
ESEspañol
acranial
ak-raɪ-ni-al
FAفارسی
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
FISuomi
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
FRFrançais
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
GUGU
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
HAHA
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
HIहिन्दी
शिरोमस्तक
shir-o-mastak
HUMagyar
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
IDBahasa Indonesia
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
IGIG
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
ITItaliano
acraniale
ak-ra-nya-le
KKKK
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
KMKM
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
MRMR
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
MSBahasa Melayu
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
MYမြန်မာ
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
NLNederlands
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
NONorsk
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
PAPA
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
PLPolski
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
PTPortuguês
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
RORomână
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
RUРусский
безчерепной
bez-cher-ep-noy
SVSvenska
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
SWKiswahili
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
TAதமிழ்
தலைப்பகுதி
tha-lai-pa-gthi
THไทย
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
TLTL
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
TRTürkçe
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
UKУкраїнська
безчерепний
bez-cher-ep-niy
URاردو
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
VITiếng Việt
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
YOYO
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al
ZUZU
acranial
ak-ra-ni-al