Cranium is the hard bone of head that protects your brain from injury.
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Cranium
/ˈkɹeɪ.ni.əm/
Synonyms for "cranium" (25 found)
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11 entriescephalic indexcraniometercraniometryethmoid bonefrontal boneneurocraniumoccipital boneparietal bonesphenoid bonetemporal boneviscerocranium
Collocations
6 entriesbraincase volumecranial capacitycranial nervesneurocranium anatomyskull bonesviscerocranium anatomy
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
6 entriesTranslations
5 translations across 5 languages.
Galician
1 entries- cranio noun (upper part of skull without the mandible)
Italian
1 entries- cranio noun (upper part of skull without the mandible)
Polish
1 entries- mózgoczaszka noun (upper part of skull without the mandible)
Spanish
1 entries- cráneo noun (upper part of skull without the mandible)
Welsh
1 entries- creuan noun (upper part of skull without the mandible)
Sample sentences
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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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