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‖ calˈvaria, calˈvarium Anat.
[L. calvāria skull, f. calv-us bald-headed, bare, calva the scalp. The form in -um is modern and not of Latin authority.]
‘That portion of the skull which is above the orbits, temples, ears, and occipital protuberance’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. iv. (1495) 108 Caluaria the formest partye of the skulle hath that name of balde bones. 1866Huxley Preh. Rem. Caithn. 88 The calvaria is remarkable for the projection of the supraciliary ridges. 1882Owen in Longm. Mag. I. 64 What is posed as the ‘Neanderthal skull’ is the roof of the brain-case, or ‘calvarium’ of the anatomist. |