Braincase
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Entry:braincase
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Part of Speech:noun
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Definition:the part of the skull that encloses the brain
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Synonyms:braincase, brainpan, cranium.
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Hypernym:bone, os.
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Part holonym:skull.
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Derivationally related form:cranial.
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Part meronym:asterion, stephanion, ethmoid, ethmoid bone, os temporale, temporal bone, calvaria, skullcap, forehead, frontal bone, os frontale, parietal bone, occipital bone, coronal suture, sutura coronalis, frontal suture, sutura frontalis, lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea, occipitomastoid suture, parietomastoid suture, interparietal suture, sagittal suture, sutura sagittalis, fontanel, fontanelle, soft spot, foramen magnum.