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UK
/kɹˈæniəm/
]
[ US /ˈkɹeɪˌniəm/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹeɪˌniəm/ ]
NOUN
- the part of the skull that encloses the brain
How To Use cranium In A Sentence
- Bone of the cancellous type is found in the long bones, sternum, vertebrae and between layers of the cranium bones. We���re Born With 270 Bones. As Adults We Have 206
- Results: The main causes of encephalic infarction in the youngster were hypertensive cerebral arteriosclerosis, cranium trauma, cerebral arteritis and drinking.
- The grooves are shown in the figure of the cranium, Sheet 18; the joint nerve thus compounded of V. and VII. is called the ophthalmic (oph.). Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
- Turning 50 is a cause for sombre reflection, not celebration," opined Norris and, as a flurry of firemen attempted to free her empurpled cranium, shame descended once more. World Of Lather
- LeeLee Sobieski also has a gargantaun creaseless cranium. FREAKISHLY CREASELESS FOREHEAD CONTEST!
- And indeed, though truly the most pithecoid of known human skulls, the Neanderthal cranium is by no means so isolated as it appears to be at first, but forms, in reality, the extreme term of a series leading gradually from it to the highest and best developed of human crania. Essays
- They jump effortlessly from new wave-tinged rockers to Queen-like bombast to stunning Beatlesque ballads to jazzy art-pop, without losing their touch with hooks that lodge themselves in your cranium and refuse to let go. Tony Sachs: One More Once: A Listen Back At The Records That Made 2010 More Bearable
- Epicranium: the upper part of the head from the front to the neck: often used to include front, vertex and genae: = calva. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
- Playing Cranium feels like playing charades, Pictionary, Trivial Pursuit, Name That Tune and hangman all at once.
- It had been crushed and most of the contents of the cranium were missing. FOOLS GOLD