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pterion

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɛɹɪən/Part of speech nounSorted einoprtStarts with PEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the craniometric point in the region of the sphenoid fontanelle

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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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