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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In craniometry, the point between the two upper middle incisors. Same as
alveolar point (which see, underalveolar ).
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- noun anatomy The most
anterior point of the upperalveolar process
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- noun craniometric point that is the most anterior point in the midline on the alveolar process of the maxilla
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The ratios of the breadth of the zygomatic arch (supposing it equal to 100) to the height of the entire face (from the nasion to the gnathion), and to the height of the upper face (from the nasion to the prosthion), give facial indices which are divided by R. Martin into the following groups: (1) Index for the entire face: hypercuryprosopous (to 79.9), curyprosopous (80.0 to 89.9), leptoprosopous (90.0 to 94.9), hyperleptoprosopous (over 95.0).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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