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epipteric

epipteric adjective: of or pertaining to supernumerary bones (Wormian bones) occasionally present in the pterion region of the human skull.

Adjective

epipteric (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to supernumerary bones (Wormian bones) occasionally present in the pterion region of the human skull.

Noun

epipteric (plural epipterics)

  1. A bone of this kind.

Forms of epipteric

pluralepipterics

Origin of epipteric

From epi- + pterion + -ic.

Questions about epipteric

What does epipteric mean?
Epipteric means of or pertaining to supernumerary bones (Wormian bones) occasionally present in the pterion region of the human skull.
What part of speech is epipteric?
Epipteric can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near epipteric in the dictionary

  1. epiproteomic
  2. epipsammic
  3. epipsammon
  4. epipsocid
  5. epipsocids
  6. epipteric
  7. epipterics
  8. epipterygoid
  9. epipterygoids
  10. epipubes
  11. epipubic

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