ENTOMION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does entomion mean? 

• ENTOMION (noun)
  The noun ENTOMION has 1 sense:

1. the craniometric point at the tip of the angular part of the parietal bone that articulates with the temporal bone

  Familiarity information: ENTOMION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTOMION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The craniometric point at the tip of the angular part of the parietal bone that articulates with the temporal bone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("entomion" is a kind of...):

craniometric point (a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken)

Holonyms ("entomion" is a part of...):

parietal bone (either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium)