pterion

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Etymology

From French ptérion, from ptère (“wing of the sphenoid bone”) + -ion, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹɪən/

Noun

pterion (plural pterions or pteria)

1. (anatomy) The point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture; known as the weakest part of the skull.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 349:

     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.

Derived terms

• epipteric
• interpterion
• pterionic

Translations

the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture

Catalan: pteri m French: ptérion (fr) m Spanish: pterión m Thai: ทัดดอกไม้ (th) (tát-dɔ̀ɔk-mái) Ukrainian: птеріон n (pterion)

Anagrams

• Petrino, Petroni, Pointer, interop, pointer, protein, repoint, tropein, tropine