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in·i·on

(ĭn′ē-ən)

The most prominent projecting point of the occipital bone at the base of the skull.

[Greek īnion, occipital bone, from īs, īn-, sinew, fiber; see wei- in Indo-European roots.]

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inion

(ˈɪnɪən)

(Anatomy) anatomy the most prominent point at the back of the head, used as a point of measurement in craniometry

[C19: from Greek: back of the head]

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in•i•on

(ˈɪn i ən)

n.

the bulging part of the human occipital bone at the back of the skull.

[1805–15; < New Latin < Greek īníon nape of the neck]

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inion - the craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance)

craniometric point - a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken

occipital bone - a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull

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He wanted to, last Sunday, but I stopped him just as he was goin' out of the door with four heads strung on a string, for all the airth like a string of inions. This account cleared up the otherwise unaccountable mystery, and showed that the landlord, after all, had had no idea of fooling me --but at the same time what could I think of a harpooneer who stayed out a Saturday night clean into the holy Sabbath, engaged in such a cannibal business as selling the heads of dead idolators?

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