单词 | calvaria |
释义 | calvariacalvariumn. Anatomy. ‘That portion of the skull which is above the orbits, temples, ears, and occipital protuberance’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > top of skull crownc1275 scalpa1300 calvaria1398 crany1525 crane?1541 cranium1543 brain-cap1812 skull-cap1855 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. iv. 108 Caluaria the formest partye of the skulle hath that name of balde bones. 1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 88 The calvaria is remarkable for the projection of the supraciliary ridges. 1882 R. Owen in Longman's Mag. 1 64 What is posed as the ‘Neanderthal skull’ is the roof of the brain-case, or ‘calvarium’ of the anatomist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1398 |
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