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pteria

pteria is the plural of pterion.

Meaning of pterion

Noun

pterion (plural pterions or pteria)

  1. The point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture; known as the weakest part of the skull.
    • Then standing before a closet mirror, he put the automatic to his head, at the point of the pterion, and pressed the comfortably concaved trigger.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 349

Questions about pteria

What is pteria the plural of?
Pteria is the plural of pterion.

Words near pteria in the dictionary

  1. pterasterids
  2. Pterelas
  3. Pterelaus
  4. ptereleotrid
  5. ptereleotrids
  6. pteria
  7. pteric
  8. pterid-
  9. pteridaceous
  10. pteridin
  11. pteridine

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