Cranium Synonyms

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Synonyms for Cranium

skull
(Anatomy) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; the cranium.
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brainpan
(Now chiefly North America, colloquial) The brain or mind. [from 17th c.]
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crown
A wreath or band for the head.
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braincase
Brainpan
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bony covering
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brain box
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nob
A person of wealth or social standing:
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pericranium
The external periosteum that covers the outer surface of the skull.
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Words Related to Cranium

brain
A brain is defined as a smart or intellectual person.
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head
The foremost or leading position:
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cadoo
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torso
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Cranium Sentence Examples

  • The cranium, pronounced by Huxley to be the most ape-like yet discovered, was remarkable for its enormous superciliary ridges.

  • The absolute capacity of the cranium of the gorilla is far less than that of man; the smallest adult human cranium hardly measuring less than 63 cub.

  • Each branch exits the cranium through a different site.

  • One general feature of the adult bird's skull is the almost complete disappearance of the sutures between the bones of the cranium proper, whilst another is the great movability of the whole palatal and other suspensorial apparatus.

  • Man differs from them in the absence of a hairy coat; in the development of a large lobule to the external ear; in his fully erect attitude; in his flattened foot with the non-opposable great toe; in the straight limb-bones; in the wider pelvis; in the marked sigmoid flexure of his spine; in the perfection of the muscular movements of the arm; in the delicacy of hand; in the smallness of the canine teeth and other dental peculiarities; in the development of a chin; and in the small size of his jaws compared to the relatively great size of the cranium.

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