| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. The epipteric bone.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Epipteric" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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Etymology:Epipteric \Ep`ip*ter"ic\, adjective. [Prefix epi- Greek expression wing. So called because above the wing of the sphenoid.]. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. The epipteric bone.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid.[Websters]. | |
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Date "EPIPTERIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Epipteric \Ep`ip*ter"ic\, adjective. [Prefix epi- Greek expression wing. So called because above the wing of the sphenoid.]. (references) |