metopismn.
/ˈmɛtəpɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌpɪz(ə)m/ Physical Anthropology and Anatomy.
Persistence of the frontal (metopic) suture of the skull (which commonly undergoes closure and obliteration in childhood).
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metopism1879
1879 W. H. Flower Catal. Osteol. i. 14 Crania showing Metopism, or persistence of the frontal suture.
1903 Science 4 Dec. 717/1 Metopism, when found, occurred in long skulls rather than broad skulls.
1935 Biometrika 27 379 There are three examples of definite metopism in the series.
1955 Yearbk. Anthropol. 482/2 She also explained her thesis on the origin of metopism.
1983 Jrnl. Anat. 137 177 In some cases it persists as a complete suture extending from the nasion to the anterior angle of the bregma and this condition is called metopism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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