pterion

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Pronunciation

/ˈtɛɹɪən/

Definition of pterion

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

The point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture; known as the weakest part of the skull.

“Then standing before a closet mirror, he put the automatic to his head, at the point of the pterion, and pressed the comfortably concaved trigger.”

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From French ptérion, from ptère (“wing of the sphenoid bone”) + -ion, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

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