What does "stephanion" mean?

The point on the side of the skull where the upper temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.

Stephanion

Common synonyms include: anatomical landmark, bilateral landmark, cephalometric point, craniometric landmark, paired landmark.

noun

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Noun

1
The point on the side of the skull where the upper temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.
2
the craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus wordnet

From Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “a crown”) + -ion (“craniometric feature”).