Meanings
nounnasion (plural nasions)
plural nasions
- The point at the root of the nose where the frontal and two nasal bones meet. (It is a cephalometric landmark.)
Additional skull measurements, taken with small sliding calipers, were from zygomaxillare, the lowest point on the zygomatic-maxillary suture, to the points of alveolare, basion and nasion.
1980, York Archaeological Trust, The Archaeology of York, page 21
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Arabic أُنَيْفَى
- أُنَيْفَى (ʔunayfā)Translations
Catalan nasi, nàsion
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Czech nosovník
- nosovníkTranslations
French nasion
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Latin nāsion
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Spanish nasión, nasion
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APA
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“nasion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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