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The point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture; known as the weakest part of the skull.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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the craniometric point in the region of the sphenoid fontanelle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: craniometric point
From French ptérion, from ptère (“wing of the sphenoid bone”) + -ion, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
جُنَيْحَى
(junayḥā)
— the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture
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Catalan:
pteri
— the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture
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Czech:
křídelník
— the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture
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French:
ptérion
— the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture
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German:
Pterion
— the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture
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Latin:
pterion
— the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture
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Spanish:
pterión
— the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture
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Thai:
ทัดดอกไม้
(tát-dɔ̀ɔk-mái)
— the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture
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Ukrainian:
птеріон
(pterion)
— the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture