intracranial

1. 1.

   within the skull

Questions about intracranial

What does intracranial mean?

intracranial means "within the skull".

How many syllables are in intracranial?

intracranial has 5 syllables: in-tra-cra-ni-al. The stress falls on "cra". In IPA it is /ˌɪntɹəˈkɹeɪniəl/.

Is intracranial a common word?

intracranial is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.