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BREGMA (bregmata)

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Irregular inflected form: bregmata  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bregma mean? 

BREGMA (noun)
  The noun BREGMA has 1 sense:

1. the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the craniumplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BREGMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the cranium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

Derivation:

bregmatic (of or relating to the bregma of the skull)


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