stenion

stenion
The termination in either temporal fossa of the shortest transverse diameter of the skull; a craniometric point. [G. stenos, narrow, + dim. -ion]

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sten·i·on (stenґe-on) pl. stenґia [Gr. stenos narrow + -on neuter ending] an encephalometric landmark, the craniometrical point situated at each end of the smallest transverse diameter of the head in the temporal region.

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