English Explanatory Dictionary

Beauchene skull

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A specimen of a human skull, used for medical teaching, whose bones are disarticulated along the sutures and mounted at a distance on brass supports.

Word forms

Beauchene skull Beauchene skulls

Etymology

The method was developed by Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne (1780–1830), French surgeon and anatomist.

Synonyms

exploded skull
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