Definitions for bregma

bregma breg·ma

Spelling: [breg-muh]
IPA: /ˈbrɛg mə/

Bregma is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in bregma (abegmr).

Definitions for bregma

noun

  1. the junction point of the sagittal and coronal sutures of the skull.

Origin of bregma

1570-80; Greek: front of the head

Examples for bregma

His head is asymmetrical, and is full at the occiput, slightly sunken at the bregma, and the forehead is low.

There is a slight median ridge on the frontal ascending from the ophryon, at first narrow but expanding at the bregma to 50 mm.

The forehead and bregma rapidly escape below, and the occiput passes out last.

They may occur in connection with any of the fontanelles, but especially with that of the bregma.

Under the bregma is the brain; but the back part of the head is empty.

Word Value for bregma
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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