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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[Gr.

ἀστέριον

starry.]

(Anat.)

The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.

asterion ‎(plural asterions or asteria)

(anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.