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Meanings of cranium in English

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The bony framework of the head.

        Portuguese
        calota craniana
        Catalan
        crani
        Spanish
        cráneo

        The part of the skull that encloses the brain.

              calota craniana
              Usage of cranium in English
              1
              In other respects his cranium is similar to that of the Manóbo.
              The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sci...
              2
              The cranium is of unusual size, and of a long elliptical form.
              Lectures and Essays
              3
              You step to me again and you'll get your motherfucking cranium cracked.
              Darkness on the edge of town
              4
              The cranium which I have caused to be figured, Plate I., Figs.
              On Some Fossil Remains of Man
              5
              And finally, the dog's burnt cranium showed green-bone fracture patterns. He paused.
              White fire
              6
              Ros's cranium was exposed, but besides that he was in one piece.
              Brains: a zombie memoir
              7
              Arthur realized that the man was measuring the diameter of her cranium.
              The sherlockian
              8
              But was there ever such a word for drumming on a cranium?
              One of Our Conquerors — Volume 1
              9
              The bullets beat a sledgehammer tattoo on its cranium causing instant concussion.
              Artemis Fowl
              10
              Hair covered the cranium and trailed the face like long, dark seaweed.
              Bones in Her Pocket
              11
              A jackhammer was boring a hole into the back of his cranium.
              The Da Vinci Code
              12
              Crown section of cranium largest; front section, second; back section, third; temporal, fourth.
              Analyzing Character / The New Science of Judging Men; Misfits in...
              13
              As with the cranium, long bones come with some assembly required.
              Devil Bones
              14
              He was familiar with the complicated structure of the bones of the cranium.
              A History of Science — Volume 1
              15
              The cranium was round and bullet-shaped and the hair generally thick.
              Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
              16
              There was nothing slow about the grey matter in her cranium.
              A Woman who went to Alaska
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