Definition of Calvarium

1. Noun. (anatomy) The upper, domelike portion of the skull (without the lower jaw) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calvarium

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Calvarium

1. One of the bones that makes up the vault of the skull (in humans these are the frontal, 2 parietals, occipital and 2 temporals). Calvaria are often used in organ culture to investigate bone catabolism or synthesis. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calvarium

calumnious
calumniously
calumniousness
calumny
calusterone
calutron
calutrons
calva
calvadoses
calvaria
calvarial
calvarial hook
calvarian
calvarias
calvaries
calvarium (current term)
calvariums
calvary
calve
calved
calver
calvered
calveren
calvering
calvers
calves
calves' feet
calves' liver
calvin cycle
calving

Literary usage of Calvarium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Legal Medicine by Allan McLane Hamilton, Edwin Lawrence Godkin (1894)
"The two flaps are theti reflected anteriorly and posteriorly sufficiently to give room to saw through the calvarium. Any ecchymoses not before visible are ..."

2. Lectures on obstetric operations: Including the Treatment of Hæmorrhage by Robert Barnes (1876)
"Having removed the calvarium, he grapples the orbit with a small blunt hook, the hook of which is hard, and the stem soft, so as to admit of easier ..."

3. Pathological Technique: A Practical Manual for Workers in Pathological by Frank Burr Mallory, James Homer Wright (1908)
"To remove the calvarium insert the chisel end of the hammer in the incision ... By means of the powerful purchase obtained the calvarium is easily started. ..."

4. Treatise on fractures by John Bingham Roberts, James Alphonsus Kelly (1916)
"calvarium; transverse fracture of the vault 122 122. Skull. ... Skull without calvarium: fracture of the right temporal and parietal bones... 122 124. ..."

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