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Noun: asterion
  1. The craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture
    "The asterion is an important landmark in neurosurgery"

Derived forms: asterions

Type of: craniometric point

Part of: braincase, brainpan, cranium

Encyclopedia: Asterion