cranium

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 krā'nē-əm

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.
    — The Skull is divided into two parts, the Cranium and the Face. The Cranium is composed of eight bones; […]
  2. The upper portion of the skull, including the neurocranium and facial bones, but not including the jawbone (mandible). informal
    — In this study, the cranium recovered from the River Witham in Lincoln exhibited a black metallic staining on the surfaces of the teeth.
  3. Synonym of skull. informal

词形变化

craniums plural crania plural

词汇关系

衍生词
basicranium chondrocranium cranial craniate cranio- dermatocranium desmocranium ectocranium endocranium epicranium hemicrania intracranium neurocranium osteocranium paracranium postcranium splanchnocranium viscerocranium

词源

From Medieval Latin crānium (“skull”), from Ancient Greek κρᾱνίον (krāníon, “skull”). By surface analysis, crani- + -um.
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