OCCIPITOMASTOID SUTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does occipitomastoid suture mean? 

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

1. the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCCIPITOMASTOID SUTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture

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Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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

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