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OPHRYON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ophryon mean?
• OPHRYON (noun)
The noun OPHRYON has 1 sense:
1. the craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits
Familiarity information: OPHRYON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("ophryon" is a kind of...):
craniometric point (a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken)
Holonyms ("ophryon" is a part of...):
forehead; frontal bone; os frontale (the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits)
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