nasion

(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

Origin: ModL < L nasus, nose

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See nasion in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The point in the skull where the nasal and frontal bones unite.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin nāsion

Origin: : nas(o)-

Origin: + Greek -ion, diminutive suff

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