English Explanatory Dictionary

epipteric

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to supernumerary bones (Wormian bones) occasionally present in the pterion region of the human skull.
noun
  1. A bone of this kind.

Word forms

epipteric epipterics

Etymology

From epi- + pterion + -ic.

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