Stephanion

2 definitions found

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

  Stephanion \Ste*pha"ni*on\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a crown.]
     (Anat.)
     The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line,
     or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal
     suture.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stephanion
       n : the craniometric point on the coronal suture above the
           acoustic meatus