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Meanings of calva in English

The top part of the skull.

Synonyms
Examples for "skullcap"
Examples for "skullcap"
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He had a close-fitting skullcap on his head, of white, embroidered linen.
Sacrifice
2
She was already sweating beneath her black leather skullcap and neck piece.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
3
He wore a long tunic of crushed red velvet, and a gold-threaded skullcap.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
4
An Uzbek elder, wearing an embroidered skullcap, read a Muslim prayer.
Reuters
5
Or in the skullcap, maybe a stainless-steel bowl used like a catcher's mitt.
Speaking in Bones
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Two pre-formed titanium domes were placed on the calvaria of 12 rabbits.
Pubmed
2
Conclusion: The combination of osteoblastoma and aneurysmal bone cyst of the calvaria is a rare clinical entity.
Pubmed
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An immortalized cell line exhibiting a well-differentiated osteoblast-like phenotype was established from calvaria of p53 tumor suppressor-deficient mice.
Pubmed
4
At 6 weeks, histomorphometry of the area immediately adjacent to the calvaria bone and to the collagen membrane was performed.
Pubmed
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This balance may regulate the rate of osteolysis in the murine calvaria model as well as in patients with aseptic loosening.
Pubmed
1
His short-cropped hair covered his head like a gray fur skull cap.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
2
Gail stood over Ned, adjusted his blankie, pulled his skull cap snug.
Winter’s Bone
3
His hair was cropped short, like a gray fur skull cap.
Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet
4
Don Antolin stopped here, scratching his head beneath his skull cap.
The Shadow of the Cathedral
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In real brain surgery, you don't actually remove the skull cap.
Wired
Usage of calva in English
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Woolen toothbrush bristles, stiffened by the Calva process, are being made in quantity.
The new yorker
2
If I remember right, the Counts of Calva Founded your convent.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
3
The closure of the Calva bridge due to safety concerns has left its 70 houses isolated, reports the News and Star.
The Guardian
Calva through the time