Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a moderate or intermediate gnathic index of from 98 to 103, as a skull.
- Having a skull thus characterized, as a person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under
gnathic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy having the
jaws slightlyprojecting ; betweenprognathous andorthognathous
Etymologies
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meso- + -gnathous
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Examples
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In the majority dolichocephalism is combined with a prominence of the upper jaw and an oblique position of the teeth, yet there are whole nations which are purely mesognathous.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George W. Williams 1870
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