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Definition of Lambdoid
1. a. Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (Λ); as, the lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull.
Definition of Lambdoid
1. Adjective. Shaped like the Greek letter lambda: 21px ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lambdoid
1. lambda [adj] - See also: lambda
Medical Definition of Lambdoid
1. Resembling the Greek letter lambda, as does the lambdoid suture. Origin: Lambda + G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lambdoid
Literary usage of Lambdoid
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 (1898)
"Synostosis usually commences in the sagittal and lower part of the coronal sutures;
contrary to the usual custom the lambdoid suture is quite the last to ..."
2. A System of human anatomy, general and special by Erasmus Wilson (1859)
"The lambdoid suture is named from some resemblance to the Greek letter A, ...
At the posterior and inferior angle of the parietal bones, the lambdoid suture ..."
3. The anatomist's vade mecum: a system of human anatomy by Erasmus Wilson (1845)
"In the lambdoid suture there is generally one or more of these bones ; and, ...
The lambdoid suture is named from some resemblance to the Greek letter A, ..."
4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1903)
"The superior piece measures 6.9 cm. along the lambdoid suture. ... The extra
suture (on left) springs from the left arm of the lambdoid suture at the ..."
5. Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio by Earnest Albert Hooton, Charles Clark Willoughby (1920)
"WORMIAN BONES Temporo- Temporo- None lambdoid p«netal occipital Others Total The
secondary series differs from the primary series in the larger number of ..."
6. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1887)
"The sutures at the vertex of the skull are three: the sagittal, coronal, and
lambdoid. The Sagittal Suture (interparietal) is formed by the junction of the ..."
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