Asterion

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Asterion \As*te"ri*on\, n. [Gr. 'aste`rion starry.] (Anat.)
     The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid,
     parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  asterion
       n : the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture
           and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid
           suture