Taber's Medical Dictionary
vertex
(vĕr′tĕks )
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The top of the head.
SYN: SEE: crown
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Vertex." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740500/all/vertex.
Vertex. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740500/all/vertex. Accessed May 2, 2026.
Vertex. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740500/all/vertex
Vertex [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 02]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740500/all/vertex.
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