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epipteric
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epipteric, a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. wing. So called because above the wing of the sphenoid.].
Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid. [1913 Webster]
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