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单词 cranium
释义

cranium

/ˈkreɪnɪəm /
noun (plural craniums or crania /ˈkreɪnɪə/) Anatomy
The skull, especially the part enclosing the brain.The eye is located within the orbital cavity of the skull between the cranium and the facial skeleton....
  • As the infection spreads in the temporal bone, it may extend into the cranium and result in cranial nerve palsies.
  • The bones of the cranium are divided into the skull base and the calvarial vault.

Synonyms

skull, brain case;
brain;
head
informal brainpan

Origin

Late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek kranion 'skull'.

  • migraine from Late Middle English:

    People unfortunate enough to suffer from migraine know that this sort of throbbing headache usually affects one side of the head—reflected in the origin of the word. It is a highly shortened form of Greek hemi- ‘half’ and kranion ‘skull’, the source of English cranium (mid 16th century). Until the 20th century the form megrim, also used for a fit of being difficult, was more common than migraine.

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