1) Argonaut member 2) Craniometric point 3) Cretan mythology 4) King of Crete 5) Mythological Greek character
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In Greek mythology, Asterion (`starry`, `ruler of the stars`) denotes two sacred kings of Crete. The first Asterion (Ancient Greek: Ἀστερίων) or Asterius (Ἀστέριος), the son of Tectamus son of Dorus called by the Greeks `king` of Crete, was the consort of Europa and stepfather of her sons by Zeus, who had to assume the form...
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[god] Asterion (Ἀστερίων) is a river-god, presumably one of the sons of Oceanus and Tethys. Asterion was one of the three river-gods (the other two being Inachus and Cephisus) who awarded the territory of Argolis to Hera over Poseidon. Poseidon, in anger, made the waters of all three rivers disappear so that they don`t flow unless ...
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• (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.
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(as-te´re-on) the point on the surface of the skull where the lambdoid, parietomastoid, and occipitomastoid sutures meet. Asterion.
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As·te'ri·on noun [ Greek
'aste`rion starry.]
(Anat.) The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ăs-tē′rē-on Definitions: 1. A craniometric point in the region of the posterolateral (mastoid) fontanelle, at the junction of the lambdoid, occipitomastoid, and parietomastoid sutures.
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n] - the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture
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noun the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture
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Greek asterios = starry.
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