| craniofacial appliance | A device used to immobilise and/or reduce mandibular or midfacial fractures. See: fixation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| craniofacial axis | A straight line passing through the mesethmoid, presphenoid, basisphenoid, and basioccipital bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofacial dysjunction fracture | A complex fracture in which the facial bones are separated from the cranial bones. Synonym: Le Fort III craniofacial dysjunction, Le Fort III fracture, transverse facial fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofacial dysostosis | <paediatrics> A genetic disorder (autosomal dominant) characterised by abnormalities of the cranial sutures, widening of the skull, a high forehead, ocular hypertelorism, exophthalmos, beaked nose and hypoplasia of the maxilla Inheritance: autosomal dominant. (27 Sep 1997) |
| craniofacial fixation | Stabilization of facial fractures to the cranial base by direct wiring or by external skeletal pin fixation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofacial notch | A defect in the osseous partition between the orbital and nasal cavities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofacial surgery | Simultaneous surgery on the cranium and facial bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofacial suspension wiring | A method of wiring using areas of bones not contiguous with the oral cavity for the support of fractured jaw segments (e.g., pyriform aperture, zygomatic arch, zygomatic process of the frontal bone). (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofenestria | Synonym: craniolacunia. Origin: cranio-+ L. Fenestra, window (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniognomy | Synonym: phrenology. Origin: cranio-+ G. Gnome, judgment (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniograph | An instrument for making drawings to scale of the diameters and general configuration of the skull. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniography | The art of representing, by drawings made from measurements, the configuration of the skull and the relations of its angles and craniometric points. Origin: cranio-+ G. Grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniolacunia | Incomplete formation of the bones of the vault of the foetal skull so that there are nonossified areas in the calvaria. Synonym: craniofenestria. Origin: cranio-+ L. Lacuna, cleft (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniology | The scientific study of variations in size, shape, and proportion of the cranium. (12 Dec 1998) |
| craniomalacia | Softening of the bones of the skull. Origin: cranio-+ G. Malakia, softness (05 Mar 2000) |