nasion
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[edit]nasion (plural nasions)
- The point at the root of the nose where the frontal and two nasal bones meet. (It is a cephalometric landmark.)
- 1980, York Archaeological Trust, The Archaeology of York, page 21:
- 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.
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