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lambdoidal suture

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lambdoidal suture
[lamdoi′dəl]
the interdigitating connection between the occipital bone and the parietal bones of the skull. It is continuous with the occipitomastoid suture between the occipital and the mastoid portions of the temporal bones.

lambdoidal suture,
n meeting place of the parietal and occipital bones, which is shaped like the Greek letter lambda.
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