The point on the skull corresponding to the junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures. [G. the forepart of the head]
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breg·ma 'breg-mə n, pl -ma·ta -mət-ə the point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull
breg·mat·ic breg-'mat-ik adj
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n.
the point on the top of the skull at which the coronal and sagittal suture meet. In a young infant this is an opening, the anterior fontanelle.
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breg·ma (bregґmə) [Gr. “front of the headâ€] [TA] the point on the surface of the skull at the junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures; used as a craniometric landmark. bregmatic adj
Bregma.
Medical dictionary. 2011.