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BASILAR SUTURE

\bˈazɪlə sˈuːt͡ʃə], \bˈazɪlə sˈuːt‍ʃə], \b_ˈa_z_ɪ_l_ə s_ˈuː_tʃ_ə]\

Definitions of BASILAR SUTURE

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

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Suture between the basilar process of the occipital bone and the sphenoid.
separates in part the occipital and sphenoid bones.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The s. between the occipital bone and the body of the sphenoid bone.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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