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Definition: EPIPTERIC

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].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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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)

Definition: EPIPTERIC

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The epipteric bone.[Websters].
Adjective1. Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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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)