Calvarium

//kælˈvɛəɹi.əm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The upper, domelike portion of the skull (without the lower jaw).

    "He turns up the skull between his hands. His fingers explore the calvarium. They emerge through the battered eye sockets."

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"He turns up the skull between his hands. His fingers explore the calvarium. They emerge through the battered eye sockets."

Etymology

From Latin calvāria (“skull”), from calva, from calvus (“bald”).

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