FRONTAL SUTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does frontal suture mean? 

• FRONTAL SUTURE (noun)
  The noun FRONTAL SUTURE has 1 sense:

1. the suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6)

  Familiarity information: FRONTAL SUTURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRONTAL SUTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

frontal suture; sutura frontalis

Hypernyms ("frontal suture" is a kind of...):

fibrous joint; sutura; suture (an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull))

Holonyms ("frontal suture" is a part of...):

braincase; brainpan; cranium (the part of the skull that encloses the brain)