metopic

American

[mi-top-ik] / mɪˈtɒp ɪk /

adjective

Anatomy.

of or relating to the forehead; frontal.

metopic British

/ mɪˈtɒpɪk /

adjective

of or relating to the forehead

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Etymology

Origin of metopic

1875–80; < Greek métōp ( on ) forehead + -ic

Example Sentences

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The following typical peculiarities have been noticed by different criminologists:— The Cranium.—The more frequent persistence of the metopic or frontal suture.

From A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science by Kayll, James Leslie Allan

Met′opism, the condition of having a persistent metopic or frontal suture.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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