cranium
noun/ˈkreɪniəm/
Frequency rank: #18,002 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
The skull, especially the part that encloses the brain.
Example sentence
The doctor examined the patient's cranium carefully after the accident.
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