coronal suture

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noun Anatomy.

a seam extending across the skull where the frontal bone and the parietal bones meet.

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Origin of coronal suture

First recorded in 1605–15

Words nearby coronal suture

Coronado, Francisco, coronagraph, coronal, coronal hole, coronal mass ejection, coronal suture, corona radiata, coronary, coronary arteries, coronary artery, coronary artery disease

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How to use coronal suture in a sentence

The birches and aspens are turned to trees of gold, and only the great oak keeps his coronal of green.
Child Life In Town And Country|Anatole France
Haply her truant tresses mock Some coronal of shapelier block, To wit, the bounding billy-cock.
The Book of Humorous Verse|Various
He says that this suture insures the redintegration of the nerve much better.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine|James J. Walsh
The preferable suture material in his experience was silk or linen.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine|James J. Walsh

No coronal effect was noted, though a pulsating nebulous area appeared in front of the moon just before contact.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson

British Dictionary definitions for coronal suture

coronal suture

noun

the serrated line across the skull between the frontal bone and the parietal bones

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