bregma
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek βρέγμα (brégma, “top of the head”).
Noun edit
bregma (plural bregmata or bregmas)
- (anatomy) The anatomical structure on the skull where the coronal suture and sagittal suture meet.
Related terms edit
References edit
- Stedman's Online Medical Dictionary, 27th edition. Retrieved January 30, 2006.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pliny calls the word Indian.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbreɡ.ma/, [ˈbrɛɡmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbreɡ.ma/, [ˈbrɛɡmä]
Noun edit
bregma n (indeclinable)
Further reading edit
- “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