nasion

Etymology

From New Latin nās(us) + -ion.

noun

  1. The point at the root of the nose where the frontal and two nasal bones meet.
    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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