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noun
The bone which forms the front part of the skull and the upper part of the eye sockets and nasal cavity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Either of the pair of bones from which the frontal bone is formed by fusion in infancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: os frontale, forehead
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Broader terms: membrane bone
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