bregma
the junction point of the sagittal and coronal sutures of the skull.
Origin of bregma
1Other words from bregma
- breg·mat·ic [breg-mat-ik], /brɛgˈmæt ɪk/, breg·mate [breg-meyt], /ˈbrɛg meɪt/, adjective
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How to use bregma in a sentence
The forehead and bregma rapidly escape below, and the occiput passes out last.
They may occur in connection with any of the fontanelles, but especially with that of the bregma.
Pedagogical Anthropology | Maria MontessoriHis 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 EllisThere 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 HugesUnder 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
/ (ˈbrɛɡmə) /
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
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