请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 calvaria
释义

calvariacalvariumn.

Etymology: < Latin calvāria skull, < calvus bald-headed, bare, calva the scalp. The form in -um is modern and not of Latin authority.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: calˈvaria.
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
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/24 9:22:51