Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anat., the point where the lambdoid, parietomastoid, and occipitomastoid sutures of the skull meet.
- noun [capitalized] The northern of the two ‘hunting-dogs’ in the constellation Canes Venatici. The other is Chara.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The point on the side of the
skull corresponding to theposterior end of theparietomastoid suture .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, starry.
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The point of meeting of this angle with the occipital and the mastoid part of the temporal is named the asterion.
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The point of meeting of the parietomastoid, occipitomastoid, and lambdoidal sutures is known as the asterion.
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