cranium : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cranium	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cranium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cranium n the part of the skull that encloses the brain [syn: cranium, braincase, brainpan]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cranium \Cra"ni*um\ (kr?"n?-?m), n.; pl. E. {Craniums} (-[?]mz), L. {Crania} (-[?]). [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?]; akin to [?][?][?] head.] The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See {Skull}.