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SPHENION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sphenion mean?
• SPHENION (noun)
The noun SPHENION has 1 sense:
1. the anterior tip of the parietal bone
Familiarity information: SPHENION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The anterior tip of the parietal bone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("sphenion" is a kind of...):
craniometric point (a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken)
Holonyms ("sphenion" is a part of...):
parietal bone (either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium)
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