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endocranial cast

noun

, Archaeology.
  1. a cast of the inside of the cranium, as of a fossil skull, used to determine brain size and shape.


endocranial cast

/ ˌɛndəʊˈkreɪnɪəl /

noun

  1. a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology Sometimes shortened toendocast
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of endocranial cast1

First recorded in 1920–25

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