ophryon

1. 1.

   the craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits

   Broadercraniometric point

   Part offrontal bone

Other forms of ophryon

plural

ophryons·

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 ophryon

What does ophryon mean?

ophryon means "the craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits".

How many syllables are in ophryon?

ophryon has 2 syllables: oph-ryon. The stress falls on "oph".

Is ophryon a common word?

ophryon 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.