bregma
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βρέγμα (brégma, “top of the head”).
Noun
[edit]bregma (plural bregmata or bregmas)
- (anatomy) The anatomical structure on the skull where the coronal suture and sagittal suture meet.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Stedman's Online Medical Dictionary, 27th edition. Retrieved January 30, 2006.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pliny calls the word Indian.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbreɡ.ma/, [ˈbrɛɡmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbreɡ.ma/, [ˈbrɛɡmä]
Noun
[edit]bregma n (indeclinable)
Further reading
[edit]- “bregma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bregma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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