Etymology

stephanion

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Today it means: The point on the side of the skull where the upper temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture. Full definition →

Ancient Greek στέφανος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστέφανος“a crown”
  2. English todaystephanion

From Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “a crown”) + -ion (“craniometric feature”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.