RHINION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhinion mean? 

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

1. the anterior tip at the end of the suture of the nasal bones

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHINION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The anterior tip at the end of the suture of the nasal bones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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

nasal; nasal bone; os nasale (an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose)