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Definition of Crotaphion
1. Noun. The tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.
Medical Definition of Crotaphion
1. The tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone; a point in craniometry. Origin: G. Krotaphos, the temple of the head (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crotaphion
Literary usage of Crotaphion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"A painful pulsation or throbbing in the temple, accompanied with drumming in the
ears. crotaphion (cro-taf'i-on). ..."
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