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S vs Pterion - What's the difference?

s | pterion |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun pterion is

(anatomy) the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture; known as the weakest part of the skull.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    pterion

    English

    (wikipedia pterion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture; known as the weakest part of the skull.
  • *1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 349:
  • *:Then standing before a closet mirror, he put the automatic to his head, at the point of the pterion , and pressed the comfortably concaved trigger.

    • Derived terms

    * epipteric * pterionic

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