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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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cranium
n : the part of the skull that encloses the brain [syn: {braincase},
{brainpan}]
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