brainpan

• Nom désignant la partie du crâne qui contient et protège le cerveau.

A noun referring to the part of the skull that encloses and protects the brain.

1. Cranium or skullC2formal

   The part of the skull that encloses and protects the brain.

   Crâne (boîte crânienne)

   • The surgeon carefully opened the brainpan to access the tumor.
   • Anthropologists study the shape of the brainpan in ancient skulls.
   • The blow to his head fractured the brainpan.

   Synonymesbraincasecraniumnogginpateskull