ASTERION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does asterion mean? 

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

1. the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASTERION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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

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