| metopic | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the forehead or frontal bones; frontal; as, the metopic suture. Origin: Gr. The forehead. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| metopic point | A craniometric point midway between the frontal eminences. Synonym: metopic point. Origin: G. Metopon, forehead (05 Mar 2000) |
| metopic suture | A persistent frontal suture, sometimes discernible a short distance above sutura frontonasalis. Synonym: sutura metopica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sagittal synostosis | <anatomy> A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, clongated, and more or less boat-shaped. Origin: Gr. A boat + head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| synostosis | Same as Synosteosis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tribasilar synostosis | Fusion in early life of the three bones at the base of the skull, resulting in interference with the development of the brain. (05 Mar 2000) |