Meaning of CRANIUM
| Pronunciation: | | 'kreyneeum
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| | Definition: | | [n] the part of the skull that encloses the brain |
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| | Synonyms: | | braincase, brainpan |
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| | See Also: | | asterion, bone, calvaria, coronal suture, ethmoid, ethmoid bone, fontanel, fontanelle, foramen magnum, forehead, frontal bone, frontal suture, interparietal suture, lamboid suture, occipital bone, occipitomastoid suture, os, os frontale, os temporale, parietal bone, parietomastoid suture, sagittal suture, skull, skullcap, soft spot, stephanion, sutura coronalis, sutura frontalis, sutura lamboidea, sutura sagittalis, temporal bone | |
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| | Definition: | | \Cra"ni*um\ (kr?"n?-?m), n.; pl. E. {Craniums} (-?mz),
L. {Crania} (-?). [NL., fr. Gr. ????; akin to ??? head.]
The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull,
either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the
brain; the brain case or brainpan. See {Skull}.
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| | Definition: | | Portion of the skull that houses the brain. |
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