Epipteric

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

  Epipteric \Ep`ip*ter"ic\, a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. ? wing. So called
     because above the wing of the sphenoid.] (Anat.)
     Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the
     human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the
     sphenoid. -- n. The epipteric bone.
     [1913 Webster]