English noun: frontal bone | |||
1. | frontal bone (body) the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits | ||
Synonyms | forehead, os frontale | ||
Broader (hypernym) | membrane bone | ||
Part holonym | frontal eminence, glabella, mesophyron, metopion, ophryon | ||
Part meronym | braincase, brainpan, cranium | ||