bregma

[ breg-muh ]

/ ˈbrɛg mə /

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noun, plural breg·ma·ta

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

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

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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

breeze block, breeze in, breezeway, breezy, Bregenz, bregma, brei, breid, Breidha Fjord, breist, brekky

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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) /

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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