nasial
Variant of nasion
nasion
definition
na·sion (nā′zē än′)
noun
in craniometry, the point in the skull at which the suture between the two nasal bones meets the suture between these and the frontal bone
Etymology: ModL < L nasus, nose
Related Forms:
- nasial na′·sial adjective
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