nasion

Etymology

From nas(o)- + -ion.

nasion means the point at the root of the nose where the frontal and two nasal bones meet. (It is a cephalometric landmark.). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The point at the root of the nose where the frontal and two nasal bones meet. (It is a cephalometric landmark.)“Additional skull measurements, taken with small sliding calipers, were from zygomaxillare, the lowest point on the zygomatic-maxillary suture, to the points of alveolare, basion and nasion.”