postcranial
adjective
postcranial is spelled P-O-S-T-C-R-A-N-I-A-L: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, postcranial means “Relating to the postcranium: the portion of a vertebrate skeleton located caudal to the cranium (that is, in bipeds, inferior to it)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in postcranial?
| Letters | 11: P-O-S-T-C-R-A-N-I-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is postcranial?
Postcranial appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What does postcranial mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to the postcranium: the portion of a vertebrate skeleton located caudal to the cranium (that is, in bipeds, inferior to it).
postcranial skeleton
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does postcranial come from?
From post- + cranial.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).