braincase

English

Etymology

From brain +‎ case.

Noun

braincase (plural braincases)

1. The part of the skull that contains the brain; the neurocranium.

Synonyms

• cranium, neurocranium

Holonyms

• skull

Translations

the part of the skull containing the brain

• Breton: boest ar penn f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腦殼 / 脑壳 (zh) (nǎoké)

• Czech: mozkovna f
• Esperanto: cerbujo (eo)
• Finnish: aivokoppa (fi)
• French: boîte crânienne (fr) f
• German: Hirnschale (de) f
• Hungarian: agykoponya (hu)
• Italian: scatola cranica f, cranio (it) m
• Portuguese: caixa craniana (pt) f
• Romanian: cutie craniană (ro) f
• Welsh: padell yr ymennydd f

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