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Pronunciation / Transliteration: rén zì fèng
"人字缝连接枕骨和顶骨。"
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2 senses- 1
A dense, fibrous connective tissue joint that connects the parietal bones with the occipital bone of the skull.
"During a forensic examination, anthropologists carefully examined the lambdoidal suture to estimate the age of the skeletal remains." - 2
The anatomical landmark line on the posterior cranium where the sagittal and lambdoidal sutures meet at lambda.
"Craniosynostosis involving the lambdoidal suture can lead to an asymmetrical flattening of the back of the head known as posterior plagiocephaly."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek letter 'lambda' (due to its resemblance to the shape of the letter Λ) combined with the suffix '-oidal' (meaning resembling), and the Latin 'sutura' meaning a seam. Anatomical nomenclature adopted this term in the modern medical era to describe the fibrous joint uniting the occipital bone and the two parietal bones.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lambdoidal suture" is said worldwide
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suture lambdoïde
Transliteration: sytyʁ lɑ̃bwaid
"La suture lambdoïde relie l'os occipital aux os pariétaux."
Lambdastaht
Transliteration: lamdoida naʊt
Script: Lambdandennaht
"Die Lambdandennaht verbindet das Hinterhauptbein mit den Scheitelbeinen."
sutura lambdoidea
Transliteration: suˈtuːra lamˈdɔi.de.a
"La sutura lambdoidea si trova nella parte posteriore del cranio."
sutura lambdoidea
Transliteration: suˈtu.ɾa lamˈdoi.de.a
"La sutura lambdoidea une el hueso occipital con los huesos parietales."
sutura lambdóide
Transliteration: suˈtu.ɾɐ lɐmˈdɔj.dʒi
"A sutura lambdóide separa o osso occipital dos ossos parietais."
लैम्बडoidal सीवन
Transliteration: lambdoidal seevan
"लैम्बडoidal सीवन खोपड़ी के पीछे की हड्डियों को जोड़ती है।"
人字缝
Transliteration: rén zì fèng
"人字缝连接枕骨和顶骨。"
시상봉합
Transliteration: sisang bonghap
"시상봉합은 두정골과 후두골을 연결합니다."
ラムダ縫合
Transliteration: ramuda hōgō
"ラムダ縫合は後頭骨と頭頂骨の間にある。"
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