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TORCULAR HEROPHILI

\tˈɔːkjʊlə hˈi͡əɹə͡ʊfˌɪli], \tˈɔːkjʊlə hˈi‍əɹə‍ʊfˌɪli], \t_ˈɔː_k_j_ʊ_l_ə h_ˈiə_ɹ_əʊ_f_ˌɪ_l_i]\

Definitions of TORCULAR HEROPHILI

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A depression in the occipital bone at the confluence of a number of venous sinuses.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

An irregularly shaped venous sinus over the internal occipital protuberance to which the longitudinal, straight, posterior occipital, and lateral sinuses converge. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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