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Definition of Inion
1. Noun. The craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance).
Definition of Inion
1. n. The external occipital protuberance of the skull.
Definition of Inion
1. Noun. (anatomy) A small protuberance on the external surface of the back of the skull near the neck. Synonymous with the external occipital protuberance. ¹
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Definition of Inion
1. a part of the skull [n INIONS or INIA]
Medical Definition of Inion
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Inion
Literary usage of Inion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In the first case the height of the cap (the distance of the highest point from
the glabella-inion line), the height of the bregma (the linear distance of ..."
2. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"B.—If the least use is made of that attracting weed called pe?inion, the compound
will instantly dissolve.1 SATURDAY morning last, (7th,) Sir Peter Parker, ..."
3. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"... 11, lambda; 12, maximum occipital point: 13, inion ; 14. asterion ; 15,
auricular point ; 16, ..."
4. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1895)
"The middle of the fronto-nasal suture, or nasion, is obviously the point which
is required in front, and the posterior occipital protuberance, or inion, ..."
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