Meanings
calvaria1
plural calvariae · plural calvarias
- anatomyThe 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, →DOISynonyms: calvarium
calvaria2
- pluralplural of calvarium
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe dome or roof of the skull, the skullcap.
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Origin
calvaria · noun
- Latincalvāria“skull”
- Englishcalvaria
From Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of calvarium, calavera, and calvary.
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Full word history & related roots →calvaria · noun
By the standard Latin plural inflection -a for Latin nouns ending in -um (second declension). The word calvarium was a New Latin coinage from earlier Latin calvaria, and English naturalized it and its plural form intact via unadapted borrowing, as well as allowing a regularized English plural, calvariums; it also did the same thing with calvaria, calvariae, calvarias (first declension), as well.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Schädelkalotte, Schädeldecke
- Schädelkalottethe dome or roof of the skull
- Schädeldeckethe dome or roof of the skull
- Schädeldachthe dome or roof of the skull
Hungarian koponyatető, koponyaboltozat
- koponyatetőthe dome or roof of the skull
- koponyaboltozatthe dome or roof of the skull
- fejtetőthe dome or roof of the skull
Romanian calotă craniană
- calotă cranianăthe dome or roof of the skull
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with calvaria
Cite this entry
calvaria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calvaria
“calvaria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calvaria. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calvaria,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calvaria.
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