Definition of lambdoid in English:
lambdoid
adjective ˈlamdɔɪdˈlæmdɔɪd
1Resembling the Greek letter lambda in form.
- 1.1Anatomy Relating to or denoting the suture near the back of the skull, which connects the parietal bones with the occipital.
Example sentencesExamples
- Anesthesia was required for upper eyelid to scalp line from midline to lambdoid suture.
- The ipsilateral ear in lambdoid synostosis is displaced posteriorly toward the fused suture compared with the anterior displacement that occurs in infants with deformational plagiocephaly.
- However, surgery is almost always indicated for the correction of lambdoid synostosis.
- Metopic craniosynostosis accounts for 7% of cases, and lambdoid craniosynostosis accounts for 1% of cases.
Derivatives
adjective
Using the same bicoronal incision, the neurosurgeon retracts the scalp to expose the cranium from the coronal suture to the lambdoidal suture.
Example sentencesExamples
- There is little development of the lambdoidal crest but in some specimens it is slightly better developed than in others.
- The coronal, lambdoidal, sagittal, and squamosal sutures close clinically between six to 12 months of age but do not ossify completely until after 30 years of age.
- The most posterior point of the skull is the junction of the interparietal and supraoccipitals which is marked by a poorly developed lambdoidal ridge.
- The condition can result from either premature closure of the lambdoidal suture (synostotic plagiocephaly) or positional head deformity (nonsynostotic plagiocephaly).
Definition of lambdoid in US English:
lambdoid
adjectiveˈlæmdɔɪdˈlamdoid
1Resembling the Greek letter lambda in form.
- 1.1Anatomy Relating to or denoting the suture near the back of the skull, which connects the parietal bones with the occipital.
Example sentencesExamples
- The ipsilateral ear in lambdoid synostosis is displaced posteriorly toward the fused suture compared with the anterior displacement that occurs in infants with deformational plagiocephaly.
- Anesthesia was required for upper eyelid to scalp line from midline to lambdoid suture.
- Metopic craniosynostosis accounts for 7% of cases, and lambdoid craniosynostosis accounts for 1% of cases.
- However, surgery is almost always indicated for the correction of lambdoid synostosis.