"neurocranium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: neurocrania [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniəm Etymology: From neuro- + cranium. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|neuro|cranium}} neuro- + cranium Head templates: {{en-noun|neurocrania}} neurocranium (plural neurocrania)
  1. (anatomy) The part of the skull that encloses the brain. Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: brainbox, braincase, brainpan Related terms: neurocranial [adjective] Translations (anatomy: the part of the skull that encloses the brain): neurocrani [masculine] (Catalan), 腦顱 /脑颅 (Chinese Mandarin), mozkovna [feminine] (Czech), aivokoppa (Finnish), néaracráiniam [masculine] (Irish), neurocranio [masculine] (Italian), нейрокраниум (nejrokranium) [masculine] (Russian), neurokranium [neuter] (Swedish), hjärnskål [common-gender] (Swedish), huvudskål [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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