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Definition of Dacryon
1. Noun. The craniometric point at the junction of the anterior border of the lacrimal bone with the frontal bone.
Medical Definition of Dacryon
1. The point of junction of the frontomaxillary and lacrimomaxillary sutures on the medial wall of the orbit.See figure under craniometric points. Origin: G. A tear (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dacryon
Literary usage of Dacryon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1895)
"The interorbital length, as measured by distance from dacryon to dacryon, ranged
from 29 mm. in the male Pathan skull (1250), to 17 mm. in two skulls; ..."
2. A Laboratory Manual of Anthropometry by Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1920)
"... and lacrimale, it is clear that anyone of them could be used in obtaining this
measurement. The Monaco Agreement calls for the dacryon. ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The point of junction of the anterior border of the lachrymal with the frontal
has been named the dacryon. This angle presents two foramina, the anterior ..."
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