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adjective

Coronal adj.

Of or pertaining to a corona (in any of the senses). "The coronal light during the eclipse is faint."

Of or pertaining to a king's crown, or coronation. "The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon."

Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull.

(Zool.) Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin.

Coronal suture (Anat.), a suture extending across the skull between the parietal and frontal bones; the fronto-parietal suture.

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Etymology of 'Coronal suture'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Coronal suture" Quotes from Famous Books

... whatever manner the capacity of the race is tested, its inferiority is strikingly exhibited. We shall find, when examining the skull, that the coronal suture falls on the temporal instead of the sphenoid bone, which is one of the strongest marks of the simiae, and does not occur ...

— The Bushman - Life in a New Country • Edward Wilson Landor