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CULMEN

\kˈʌlmɛn], \kˈʌlmɛn], \k_ˈʌ_l_m_ɛ_n]\

Definitions of CULMEN

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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Top; summit; acme.
The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The anterior prominent portion of the monticulus of the vermis of the cerebellum.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

The ridge of a bird's beak; the anterior raised part of the monticulus.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

kul'men, n. highest point: the median length-wise ridge of a bird's upper mandible. [L.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

[Latin] A summit; specifically, the summit of the superior vermin of the cerebellum.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

The anterior and upper part of monticulus.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The top or summit of a thing.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Latin] Top; summit.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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