asterion

asterion [ăs-tîr′ē-ŏn′, -ən] n.

The junction of the lambdoid, occipitomastoid, and parietomastoid sutures on the skull.

Examples from the Web for asterion Historical Examples of asterion

Then in this condition he made her live with Asterion the king of the Cretans.

Homer and Hesiod

Pausanias represents Asterion, whose tomb is said to have been discovered in Lydia, as a son of Anac, and of an enormous size.

Jacob Bryant