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calvarium

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cal·var·i·um  (kl-vâr-m)
n. pl. cal·var·i·ums or cal·var·i·a (--)
The upper domelike portion of the skull without the lower jaw or the lower jaw and the facial parts.
[Latin calvria, skull, from calva, from calvus, bald.]
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