squamomastoid
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squamomastoid suture — squamosomastoid suture sutura squamomastoidea … Medical dictionary
Suture — The word suture has several uses in medicine, including: {{}}Cranial suture A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue. A surgical suture Thread like material used to sew tissue… … Medical dictionary
sutura — SYN: suture (1). [L. a sewing, a suture, fr. suo, pp. sutus, to sew] s. coronalis [TA] SYN: coronal suture. suturae cranii [TA] SYN: cranial sutures, under suture. s. ethmoidolacrimalis [TA] SYN: ethmoidolacrimal suture. s. ethmoidomaxillaris… … Medical dictionary
sutura squamomastoidea — [TA] squamomastoid suture: a suture existing early in life between the squamous and mastoid portions of the temporal bone. Called also s. squamosomastoidea … Medical dictionary
squam- — combining form or squamo Etymology: Latin, from squama 1. : scale : squama Squamata … Useful english dictionary
