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▪ I. inion1 Anat.|ˈɪnɪən| [a. Gr. ἰνίον nape of the neck.] A ridge of the occiput; spec. the external occipital protuberance.
[1811Hooper Med. Dict., Inion, the occiput. Blancard says it is the beginning of the spinal marrow: others say it is the back part of the neck.] 1814[see inial]. 1866Huxley Preh. Rem. Caithn. 120 The superior scale of the occiput is full, rounded, and prominent; the inion more pronounced than usual in this class of dolichocephalic skulls. 1878Bartley tr. Topinard's Anthrop. ii. ii. 234. ▪ II. inion2 dial. form of onion. |