cranium
pronunciation
How to pronounce cranium in British English:
UK [ˈkreɪniəm]
How to pronounce cranium in American English:
US [ˈkreniəm]
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- Noun:
- the part of the skull that encloses the brain
Word Origin
- cranium (n.)
- early 15c., craneum, from Medieval Latin cranium "skull," from Greek kranion "skull, upper part of the head," related to kara (poetic kras) "head," from PIE root *ker- (1) "horn, head" (see horn (n.)). Strictly, the bones which enclose the brain.
Example
- 1. The brain itself does not fossilise , but the inside of the cranium retains an impression of its contours .
- 2. Massages help sooth and relax your entire body , including the cranium .
- 3. For patients with severe epileptic seizures uncontrolled by medication , surgeons remove part of the skull and place a silicone mat containing ecog electrodes over the brain for days to weeks while the cranium is held in place but not reattached .
- 4. Because the project one robot 's metal cranium will not be able to hold all the information-processing hardware that it will need , the robot will be connected by fiber-optic cables to these computers in the basement of a building on the ucsd campus in la jolla .