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:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments


Do you have more to add? Sign in to share your linguistic knowledge or observation.

Connect with Facebook