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Examples of coronal suture in a Sentence
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In great apes, the precentral sulcus crosses paths with the coronal suture toward the front of the skull.
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Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 8 Apr. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1615, in the meaning defined above
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“Coronal suture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coronal%20suture. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
Medical Definition
coronal suture
noun
: a suture extending across the skull between the parietal and frontal bones
called also frontoparietal suture
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