lambdoidaladj.

/lamˈdɔɪdəl/

Forms: Also 1600s–1800s lamdoidal.

Etymology: < lambdoid adj. + -al suffix¹.

Resembling the Greek letter lambda (Λ) in form.

1. Anatomy. lambdoidal suture (†commissure), the suture connecting the two parietal bones with the occipital. Also lambdoidal ridge (see quot. 1888).

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commissure?a1425

lambdac1475

sagittal suture (addition, commissure)?1541

coronal suture1543

sagit?1550

garland-seam1576

commissary1577

agglutination1578

skull-seam1605

lambdoidal suture (commissure)1653

transverse suture1741

orbitar1782

pterion1878

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxvii. 127 If any thought by flight to escape, he made his head to flie in pieces by the Lambdoidal commissure, which is a seame in the hinder part of the scull.

1698 E. Tyson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 148 The Lambdoidal Suture.

1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 70 The Lambdoidal Suture, begins some way below, and farther back than the Vertex or Crown of the Head, whence its two Legs are stretched obliquely down and to each Side, in Form of the Greek Letter Λ.

1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 86 The coronal suture is traceable throughout; the sagittal and the middle part of the lambdoidal are almost completely obliterated.

1888 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Lambdoidal ridge, the edge of the occipital bone forming the lambdoid suture, which in some animals, as the cat, forms a salient ridge for the attachment of muscles.

2. Resembling the shape of the small Greek letter lambda λ.Apparently an isolated use.

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1818 J. Brown Psyche 189 Bid her forbear when males are by, To stand like an inverted Y. Since modesty and sense avoid all Postures and attitudes lamdoidal.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lambdoidal
释义	lambdoidaladj. /lamˈdɔɪdəl/ Forms: Also 1600s–1800s lamdoidal. Etymology: < lambdoid adj. + -al suffix¹. Resembling the Greek letter lambda (Λ) in form. 1. Anatomy. lambdoidal suture (†commissure), the suture connecting the two parietal bones with the occipital. Also lambdoidal ridge (see quot. 1888). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > joint > joints > [noun] > joints of skull commissure?a1425 lambdac1475 sagittal suture (addition, commissure)?1541 coronal suture1543 sagit?1550 garland-seam1576 commissary1577 agglutination1578 skull-seam1605 lambdoidal suture (commissure)1653 transverse suture1741 orbitar1782 pterion1878 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxvii. 127 If any thought by flight to escape, he made his head to flie in pieces by the Lambdoidal commissure, which is a seame in the hinder part of the scull. 1698 E. Tyson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 148 The Lambdoidal Suture. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 70 The Lambdoidal Suture, begins some way below, and farther back than the Vertex or Crown of the Head, whence its two Legs are stretched obliquely down and to each Side, in Form of the Greek Letter Λ. 1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 86 The coronal suture is traceable throughout; the sagittal and the middle part of the lambdoidal are almost completely obliterated. 1888 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Lambdoidal ridge, the edge of the occipital bone forming the lambdoid suture, which in some animals, as the cat, forms a salient ridge for the attachment of muscles. 2. Resembling the shape of the small Greek letter lambda λ.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1818 J. Brown Psyche 189 Bid her forbear when males are by, To stand like an inverted Y. Since modesty and sense avoid all Postures and attitudes lamdoidal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1653
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