Cranium is the hard bone of head that protects your brain from injury.
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Cranium
//ˈkɹeɪ.ni.əm//
Synonyms for "cranium" (9 found)
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Related words (4)
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Translations
29 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- قِحْف noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Breton
1 entries- boest ar penn noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Bulgarian
1 entries- черепна кутия noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 顱骨 /颅骨 noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Czech
1 entries- mozkovna noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Dutch
1 entries- hersenpan noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Esperanto
2 entries- cerbujo noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
- kranio noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Finnish
2 entries- aivokoppa noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
- pääkoppa noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
French
1 entries- boîte crânienne noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Galician
2 entries- cranio noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
- cranio noun (upper part of skull without the mandible)
German
2 entries- Hirnschale noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
- Hirnschädel noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Italian
2 entries- cranio noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
- cranio noun (upper part of skull without the mandible)
Malay
1 entries- kranium noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Polish
2 entries- mózgoczaszka noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
- mózgoczaszka noun (upper part of skull without the mandible)
Portuguese
1 entries- crânio noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Russian
1 entries- черепна́я коро́бка noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कपाल noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- claigeann noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Spanish
2 entries- cráneo noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
- cráneo noun (upper part of skull without the mandible)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hộp sọ noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Welsh
2 entries- creuan noun (upper part of skull without the mandible)
- padell yr ymennydd noun ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The cranium contains the brain.
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"Matt, did you know that Neanderthals had a larger cranium than modern humans?" "Arnie, were they smarter than us, then?" "Anthropologists don't know for sure..."
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The Skull is divided into two parts, the Cranium and the Face. The Cranium is composed of eight bones; […]
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