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pterion

[ teer-ee-on, ter- ]

noun

, Craniometry.
  1. the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pterion1

1875–80; < New Latin, alteration of Greek pterón wing, on model of inion

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