basion
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
Definition of basion
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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The middle of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum of the skull.
“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.”
“The tectorial membrane limits extension, while odontoid impaction on the basion limits flexion.”
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Etymology
From New Latin, equivalent to basi- (“base”) + -ion (“cephalometric reference point”).
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