bregma

[ breg-muh ]

noun,plural breg·ma·ta

[breg-muh-tuh]. /ˈbrɛg mə tə/. Craniometry.

the junction point of the sagittal and coronal sutures of the skull.

Origin of bregma

First recorded in 1570–80; from Greek brégma “front of the head”; akin to brain

Other words from bregma

breg·mat·ic [breg-mat-ik], /brɛgˈmæt ɪk/, breg·mate [breg-meyt], /ˈbrɛg meɪt/, adjective

Words Nearby bregma

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How to use bregma in a sentence

The forehead and bregma rapidly escape below, and the occiput passes out last.
The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed | Frederick Hollick
They may occur in connection with any of the fontanelles, but especially with that of the bregma.
Pedagogical Anthropology | Maria Montessori
His head is asymmetrical, and is full at the occiput, slightly sunken at the bregma, and the forehead is low.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6) | Havelock Ellis
There is a slight median ridge on the frontal ascending from the ophryon, at first narrow but expanding at the bregma to 50 mm.
Notes on the Fenland | T. McKenny Huges
Under the bregma is the brain; but the back part of the head is empty.
Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus | William MacGillivray

British Dictionary definitions for bregma

bregma

/ (ˈbrɛɡmə) /

nounplural -mata (-mətə)

the point on the top of the skull where the coronal and sagittal sutures meet: in infants this corresponds to the anterior fontanelle

Origin of bregma

C16: New Latin from Greek: front part of the head

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