Definition of "metopic" []

• Of or relating to the forehead. (adjective)

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• "The metopic suture runs from the top of the head down the middle of the forehead, toward the nose."
• "Beside him was another, smaller skeleton, preliminarily identified as a female of about seven years, for the metopic suture along the frontal bone of her skull had not yet fully disappeared."
• "—The external surface (Fig. 134) of this portion is convex and usually exhibits, in the lower part of the middle line, the remains of the frontal or metopic suture; in infancy this suture divides the bone into two, a condition which may persist throughout life."