Nasion
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The point at the root of the nose where the frontal and two nasal bones meet. (It is a cephalometric landmark.)
"Additional skull measurements, taken with small sliding calipers, were from zygomaxillare, the lowest point on the zygomatic-maxillary suture, to the points of alveolare, basion and nasion."
- 2 the craniometric point at the bridge of the nose where the frontal and nasal bones of the skull meet wordnet
Example
More examples"Additional skull measurements, taken with small sliding calipers, were from zygomaxillare, the lowest point on the zygomatic-maxillary suture, to the points of alveolare, basion and nasion."
Etymology
From nas(o)- + -ion.
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