crânio — meaning in English
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English meaning
- brain noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
- cranium noun The bony part of the skull that encloses and protects the brain.
- genius noun A person with exceptional intelligence, talent, or creative ability.
- skull noun The bony structure that forms the head, enclosing the brain.
Senses
crânio is used for these senses in English:
- brain (informal) An intelligent person.
- cranium (skeleton) That part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.
- genius (countable) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.
- skull (skeleton) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
brain — full definition
- noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
- noun A person's intelligence or mental ability.
- noun An especially intelligent person, or the person supplying the ideas behind a plan.
- verb Informal: to hit someone hard on the head.