Dictionary entry

Epipteric

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ep′ip‐ter″ic (?), a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. � wing. So called because above the wing of the sphenoid.] (Anat.) Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid. — n. The epipteric bone.