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noun
The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: craniometric point
History
From Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) + -ion.
Across languages
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