subcerebral plane

noun

sub·​cerebral plane

: an anthropometric landmark consisting of the plane passing through a line crossing the lower angles of the parietal bones and the point where the supraorbital ridge joins the cheek bone

Word History

Etymology

sub- + cerebral

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