Word

brainpan, n.
(brainpans)

the part of the skull that encloses the brain
<noun.body>

braincase brainpan cranium

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

part meronym

asterion stephanion ethmoid, ethmoid bone temporal bone, os temporale calvaria, skullcap frontal bone, os frontale, forehead parietal bone occipital bone coronal suture, sutura coronalis frontal suture, sutura frontalis lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea occipitomastoid suture parietomastoid suture sagittal suture, interparietal suture, sutura sagittalis fontanelle, fontanel, soft spot foramen magnum

hypernym

part holonym