cranium (n)
braincase (n)
brainpan (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 08
def the part of the skull that encloses the brain
Outgoing links
Hypernym bone, os
Part holonym skull
Derivationally related form cranium → cranial
Part meronym asterion; stephanion; ethmoid, ethmoid bone; temporal bone, os temporale; calvaria, skullcap; frontal bone, os frontale, forehead; parietal bone; occipital bone; coronal suture, sutura coronalis; frontal suture, sutura frontalis; lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea; occipitomastoid suture; parietomastoid suture; sagittal suture, interparietal suture, sutura sagittalis; fontanelle, fontanel, soft spot; foramen magnum
Incoming links
Derivationally related form cranial → cranium
Pertainym (pertains to noun) cranial → cranium
Part holonym asterion; stephanion; ethmoid, ethmoid bone; temporal bone, os temporale; calvaria, skullcap; frontal bone, os frontale, forehead; parietal bone; occipital bone; coronal suture, sutura coronalis; frontal suture, sutura frontalis; lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea; occipitomastoid suture; parietomastoid suture; sagittal suture, interparietal suture, sutura sagittalis; fontanelle, fontanel, soft spot; foramen magnum
Hyponym bone, os
Part meronym skull

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