ASTERION
\astˈi͡əɹɪən], \astˈiəɹɪən], \a_s_t_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_n]\
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A craniometric point in the region of the posterolateral, or mastoid, fontanelle, at the junction of the mastoid temporal, parietal, and occipital bones, or where the lambdoid, occipitomastoid, and parietomastoid sutures meet.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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The region of the posterolateral fontanelle where lambdoid, parieto-mastoid, and occipito-mastoid sutures meet.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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