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stephanion

stephanion noun: the point on the side of the skull where the upper temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.

Noun

stephanion (plural stephanions)

  1. The point on the side of the skull where the upper temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.

Forms of stephanion

pluralstephanions

Origin of stephanion

From Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “a crown”) + -ion (“craniometric feature”).

Words formed from stephanion

Questions about stephanion

What does stephanion mean?
Stephanion means the point on the side of the skull where the upper temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.
What part of speech is stephanion?
Stephanion is a noun.
What is the plural of stephanion?
The plural of stephanion is stephanions.

Words near stephanion in the dictionary

  1. stephanic
  2. stephanid
  3. stephanids
  4. Stephanie
  5. Stephanies
  6. stephanion
  7. stephanions
  8. Stephanis
  9. stephanite
  10. stephanites
  11. Stephano

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