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pterions

pterions 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 pterions

What is pterions the plural of?
Pterions is the plural of pterion.

Words near pterions in the dictionary

  1. pteriomorphian
  2. pteriomorphians
  3. pteriomorphs
  4. pterion
  5. pterionic
  6. pterions
  7. pterippi
  8. pterippus
  9. ptero-
  10. pterobranch
  11. pterobranches

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