occipitomastoid suture

1. 1.

   the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture

   Broadersuture

   Part ofcranium

Questions about occipitomastoid suture

What does occipitomastoid suture mean?

occipitomastoid suture means "the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture".

Is occipitomastoid suture a common word?

occipitomastoid suture is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.