Then standing before a closet mirror, he put the automatic to his head, at the point of the pterion, and pressed the comfortably concaved trigger.
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Pterion
//ˈtɛɹɪən//
Synonyms for "pterion"
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Catalan
1 entries- pteri noun (the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture)
French
1 entries- ptérion noun (the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture)
Spanish
1 entries- pterión noun (the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture)
Thai
1 entries- ทัดดอกไม้ noun (the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture)
Ukrainian
1 entries- птеріон noun (the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture)
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