cranium
the skull of a vertebrate.
the part of the skull that encloses the brain.
Origin of cranium
1- Also called braincase.
Words Nearby cranium
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How to use cranium in a sentence
These bones were found in the same locality and year as the cranium, but were identified later in 2004.
Breakthrough Shows Humans Were Already Standing on Their Own Two Feet 7 Million Years Ago | Jean-Renaud Boisserie | September 1, 2022 | Singularity HubAnother set of fossils from Morocco has been dated to 315,000 years old, although Vidal says they do not possess certain features found in Omo I and later humans, including the tall cranium and chin.
Eastern Africa’s oldest human fossils are more ancient than we realized | Kate Baggaley | January 12, 2022 | Popular-ScienceThere was no way to excavate the cranium quickly without breaking it.
In 1953, a Harvard psychologist thought he discovered pleasure—accidentally—within the cranium of a rat.
Drugs, Robots, and the Pursuit of Pleasure: Why Experts Are Worried About AIs Becoming Addicts | Thomas Moynihan | September 17, 2021 | Singularity HubHe placed his gun underneath her chin and fired it “up into the cranium.”
Thanksgiving Day Horror: Minnesota Teens Killed in Alleged Break-In | Matthew DeLuca | November 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Old Sanders tapped with both hands on his shining cranium and asked, Are you confident he loves her?
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaAnd old Sanders again tapped in the rhythm of a dirge on his parchment-bound cranium.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaSuddenly the old man beat a tattoo on his cranium and closed his eyes, apparently deep in thought.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaThe cranium has a low, depressed arch, with a very narrow frontal region and highly developed superciliary ridges.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisSeventh, his great thickness of cranium, which resists blows that would break the skull of an average European.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morris
British Dictionary definitions for cranium
/ (ˈkreɪnɪəm) /
the skull of a vertebrate
the part of the skull that encloses the brain: Nontechnical name: brainpan
Origin of cranium
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for cranium
[ krā′nē-əm ]
The vertebrate skull, especially the part that encloses and protects the brain.
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Cultural definitions for cranium
[ (kray-nee-uhm) ]
The part of the skull that encloses the brain.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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