🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

人字缝

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rén zì fèng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lambdoidal suture/læmˈdɔɪ.dəl ˈsuː.tʃər/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"人字缝连接枕骨和顶骨。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 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. 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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