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Meaning of ASTERION

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 Definition: [n]  the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture
 
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 See Also: braincase, brainpan, craniometric point, cranium

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\As*te"ri*on\, n. [Gr. 'aste`rion starry.] (Anat.)
The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid,
parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.
 

 

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