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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the bregma: as, bregmatic tension.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to the bregma.

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  • adjective anatomy Pertaining to the bregma.

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  • adjective of or relating to the bregma of the skull

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Examples

  • The anterior or bregmatic fontanelle (Fig. 197) is the largest, and is placed at the junction of the sagittal, coronal, and frontal sutures; it is lozenge-shaped, and measures about 4 cm. in its antero-posterior and 2.5 cm. in its transverse diameter.

    II. Osteology. 5d. The Interior of the Skull 1918

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