STEPHANION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stephanion mean? 

• STEPHANION (noun)
  The noun STEPHANION has 1 sense:

1. the craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus

  Familiarity information: STEPHANION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEPHANION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("stephanion" is a kind of...):

craniometric point (a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken)

Holonyms ("stephanion" is a part of...):

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