braincase

noun

brain·​case ˈbrān-ˌkās How to pronounce braincase (audio)
: the cranium enclosing the brain

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Although only bits of her braincase were recovered, the fragments suggested a brain volume of 388 cubic centimeters. Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024 In 1925, 43 years after Darwin's death, anatomist Raymond Dart published a paper describing a fossil from Taung, South Africa, with an apelike braincase and humanlike teeth. Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020 The specimens in question do show features in common with adult T. rex — among them the forehead, snout and braincase, said Thomas Carr, a paleontologist at Carthage College who first made the case that Nanotyrannus represented young T. rex. Asher Elbein, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024 By poring over three-dimensional scans of ancient hominin braincases and by examining the brains of our nearest living evolutionary kin—chimpanzees and bonobos, whose ancestors branched off from our lineage some six million years ago—researchers are beginning to unlock this puzzle. Heather Pringle, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016 See all Example Sentences for braincase 

Word History

First Known Use

1726, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of braincase was in 1726

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“Braincase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/braincase. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

braincase

noun
brain·​case ˈbrān-ˌkās How to pronounce braincase (audio)
: the cranium enclosing the brain

Medical Definition

braincase

noun
brain·​case -ˌkās How to pronounce braincase (audio)
: the part of the skull that encloses the brain see cranium

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