brainpan

• Substantivo que designa a parte do crânio que envolve e protege o cérebro; também pode se referir ao próprio cérebro ou à capacidade intelectual de alguém.

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.

   Caixa craniana

   • 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.

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