calvarium
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin calvāria (“skull”), from calva, from calvus (“bald”).
Noun
[edit]calvarium (plural calvariums or calvaria)
- (anatomy) The upper, domelike portion of the skull (without the lower jaw).
- 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 583:
- He turns up the skull between his hands. His fingers explore the calvarium. They emerge through the battered eye sockets.