Definition of skull

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Skull (n.) The head or brain; the seat of intelligence; mind.

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Intracranial :: Intracranial (a.) Within the cranium or skull.
Diploe :: Diploe (n.) The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull..
Acrania :: Acrania (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull.
Skullfish :: Skullfish (n.) A whaler's name for a whale more than two years old.
Plagiocephaly :: Plagiocephaly (n.) Oblique lateral deformity of the skull.
Plagiocephalic :: Plagiocephalic (a.) Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull.
Skull :: Skull (n.) A sort of oar. See Scull.
Join :: "Join (v. i.) To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the hones of the skull join; two rivers join..
Postfrontal :: Postfrontal (a.) Situated behind the frontal bone or the frontal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone back of and below the frontal in many animals.
Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.
Skullcap :: Skullcap (n.) Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised..
Obelion :: Obelion (n.) The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.
Hyomandibular :: Hyomandibular (a.) Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes..
Alisphenoidal :: Alisphenoidal (a.) Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal..
Lambdoid :: Lambdoid (a.) Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (/); as, the lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull..
Impaction :: Impaction (n.) The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip..
Squamozygomatic :: Squamozygomatic (a.) Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; -- applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fetal skulls..
Scull :: Scull (n.) The skull.
Parachordal :: Parachordal (a.) Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord.
Bregma :: Bregma (n.) The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull.
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