a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology
Sometimes shortened to: endocast
endocranial cast in American English
noun
Archaeology
a cast of the inside of the cranium, as of a fossil skull, used to determine brain size and shape
Also called: endocast
Word origin
[1920–25]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fundamentalism, self-service, ski jump, tie-in, zipper