ASTERION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("asterion" is a kind of...):

craniometric point (a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken)

Holonyms ("asterion" is a part of...):

braincase; brainpan; cranium (the part of the skull that encloses the brain)

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