OCCIPITOMASTOID SUTURE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("occipitomastoid suture" is a kind of...):

fibrous joint; sutura; suture (an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull))

Holonyms ("occipitomastoid suture" is a part of...):

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

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