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Cranium vs Sindon - What's the difference?

cranium | sindon |

As nouns the difference between cranium and sindon

is that cranium is the skull of a vertebrate while sindon is a wrapper.

cranium

English

(wikipedia cranium)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The skull of a vertebrate.
  • That part of the skull enclosing the brain, the braincase.

    • Derived terms

    * cranial * cranially * hemicrania * hemicraniectomy * hemicraniotomy

    Anagrams

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    sindon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A wrapper.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Wrapped in sindons of linen.
  • (surgery, obsolete) A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine.
    • (Dunglison)
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