stephanionn.
/stɪˈfeɪnɪən/ Craniometry.
The point where the coronal suture crosses the temporal ridge.
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1878 R. T. H. Bartley tr. P. Topinard Anthropol. ii. ii. 248 Whose two measuring points are the stephanions at the union of the temporal ridge and the coronal suture.
1886 A. Macalister in Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 16 22 A transverse green band of staining crosses the bone above the frontal eminences from stephanion to stephanion.
1902 Duckworth in Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 32 142 In the coronal suture on each side at and below the stephania.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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