bregma
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βρέγμα (brégma, “top of the head”).
Noun
bregma (plural bregmata or bregmas)
- (anatomy) The anatomical structure on the skull where the coronal suture and sagittal suture meet.
References
- Stedman's Online Medical Dictionary, 27th edition. Retrieved January 30, 2006.
Latin
Etymology
Pliny calls the word Indian.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbreɡ.ma/, [ˈbrɛɡmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbreɡ.ma/, [ˈbrɛɡmä]
Further reading
- “bregma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bregma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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