" Physical Anthropol. , Anatomy , and Medicine . Designating the suture between the two halves of the frontal bone of the skull (also called frontal suture); of or relating to this suture. Also (of a skull): exhibiting metopism", Late 19th cent. From French métopique from ancient Greek μέτωπον forehead + French -ique.[metopic etymology, metopic origin, 英语词源]