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OCCIPITOMASTOID SUTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("occipitomastoid suture" is a kind of...):
fibrous joint; sutura; suture (an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull))
Holonyms ("occipitomastoid suture" is a part of...):
braincase; brainpan; cranium (the part of the skull that encloses the brain)