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calvarias

calvarias is the plural of calvaria.

Meaning of calvaria

Noun

calvaria (plural calvariae or calvarias)

  1. The dome or roof of the skull, the skullcap.
    • CD105 Thy1- progenitor populations derived from regions of the fetal mandible or calvaria that do not undergo endochondral ossification formed only bone without marrow in our assay.2008 December 10, Charles K. F. Chan et al., “Endochondral ossification is required for haematopoietic stem-cell niche formation”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7228, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    calvarium

Questions about calvarias

What is calvarias the plural of?
Calvarias is the plural of calvaria.

Words near calvarias in the dictionary

  1. Calvanos
  2. calvaria
  3. calvariae
  4. calvarial
  5. calvarian
  6. calvarias
  7. calvaries
  8. Calvario
  9. calvarium
  10. calvariums
  11. calvary

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