braincase

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noun

the part of the skull that encloses the brain
• Syn:
cranium, brainpan
• Derivationally related forms:
cranial (for: cranium)
• Hypernyms:
bone, os
• Part Holonyms:
skull
• Part Meronyms:
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