Frontal-bone
noun, Anatomy.
1.
a broad membrane bone of the skull, forming the forehead and the upper portion of each orbit.
noun
1.
the bone forming the forehead and the upper parts of the orbits. It contains several air spaces
frontal bone n.
A cranial bone consisting of a vertical portion corresponding to the forehead and a horizontal portion that forms the roofs of the orbital and nasal cavities.
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