bregma

[ breg-muh ]

/ ˈbrɛg mə /

noun, plural breg·ma·ta [breg-muh-tuh] /ˈbrɛg mə tə/. Craniometry.

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

Nearby words

breeze in, breeze-block, breezeway, breezy, bregenz, bregma, bregmatic, brei, breid, breidha fjord, breist

Origin of bregma

1570–80; < Greek: front of the head

Related formsbreg·mat·ic

[breg-mat-ik] /brɛgˈmæt ɪk/, breg·mate

[breg-meyt] /ˈbrɛg meɪt/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for bregma

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
They may occur in connection with any of the fontanelles, but especially with that of the bregma.
Pedagogical Anthropology|Maria Montessori
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
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

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

British Dictionary definitions for bregma

bregma

/ (ˈbrɛɡmə) /

noun plural -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

Word Origin for bregma

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

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Medicine definitions for bregma

bregma

[ brĕg′mə ]

n. pl. breg•ma•ta (-mə-tə)

The junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the skull.

Related formsbreg•mat′ic (-măt′ĭk) adj.