obelion

1. 1.

   the craniometric point on the sagittal suture near the lamboid suture

   Broadercraniometric point

Other forms of obelion

plural

obelions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about obelion

What does obelion mean?

obelion means "the craniometric point on the sagittal suture near the lamboid suture".

How many syllables are in obelion?

obelion has 4 syllables: o-be-li-on. The stress falls on "be".

Is obelion a common word?

obelion is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.