cranium craniovertebral • crank · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · cranium · · Text Latin · · Script 7 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain. Synonyms: braincase, brainpan. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · braincase · · Synonym 1 brainpan · · Synonym 2 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 i latin small letter i U+0069 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E r latin small letter r U+0072 u latin small letter u U+0075