endocast

noun

en·​do·​cast ˈen-dō-ˌkast 

: endocranial cast

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Researchers can, however, infer the size and shape of an animal’s OB by looking at an endocast — essentially, an imprint of the brain left on the interior of the skull. —Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2019

Researchers studied the endocasts of skulls belonging to hundreds of dinosaurs and extinct birds. —Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Apr. 2020

CT scans of the skulls allowed them to look at the endocast, or imprint, of the brain on the skulls interior. —Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Apr. 2020

Previously, Beaudet studied the endocast of Little Foot, or the imprint of the brain preserved on the inside of the skull, along with her inner ear structure. —Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Mar. 2020

And the endocast, which was a little too large for a nonhuman ape of that age, had surface features characteristic of a human brain. —Quanta Magazine, 10 Nov. 2015

For her dissertation research, Edinger studied an endocast of the Triassic marine reptile Nothosaurus, kicking off her life-long investigation into fossilized brains. —Leila Mcneill, Smithsonian, 1 Mar. 2018

In subsequent decades, by uncovering and comparing other fossil skulls and endocasts, paleontologists documented one of the most dramatic transitions in human evolution. —Quanta Magazine, 10 Nov. 2015

In subsequent decades, by uncovering and comparing other fossil skulls and endocasts, paleontologists documented one of the most dramatic transitions in human evolution. —Quanta Magazine, 10 Nov. 2015

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Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

endocast

noun

en·​do·​cast ˈen-də-ˌkast 

: endocranial cast