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platymeria Anat.|plætɪˈmɪərɪə|
Also anglicized as platymery |ˈplætɪmɪərɪ|.
[ad. F. platymèrie (L. Manouvrier 1899, in Compt. rend. Congr. internat. d'Anthropol. et d'Archéol. préhist. (1891) 363), f. Gr. µηρία thigh bones: see platy-, -ia1, and -y3.]
The condition of a femur of which the antero-posterior diameter of its shaft is unusually small relative to the corresponding transverse diameter. Also ˈplatymerism, in the same sense. Hence platyˈmeric a., of, pertaining to, or displaying platymery; esp. as platymeric index, the quotient of these diameters, multiplied by 100.
1895Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotland V. 415 Dr Manouvrier of Paris..describes..femora from..neolithic burials..which showed the antero-posterior flattening in a very marked form, and to this condition he has given the name platymery (flat femur). Ibid. 416 The platymeria was very strongly marked. Ibid. 417 A platymeric femur is not necessarily associated with the squatting attitude. 1896Jrnl. Anat. & Pathol. XXXI. 14 By far the most remarkable feature of this bone was its Platymeric index, which was almost as low as that of the lowest Maori indices. 1904W. L. H. Duckworth Morphol. & Anthropol. xiii. 313 Platymeria implies flattening in two regions of the femoral shaft, viz., in an upper region, immediately below the level of the lesser trochanter, and in a lower region about 40 mm. above the highest level of the external portion of the anterior aspect of the condylar articular surface. 1934J. Cameron Skeleton of Brit. Neolithic Man x. 159 The author wishes to mention..that the platymeric condition he is about to describe is that affecting the upper third of the femoral shaft. Platymeria involving the popliteal area at the lower end of the femur has also been described. Ibid. 165 A group of characteristic features that are more or less regularly present as concomitant phenomena of platymerism. 1971Nature 6 Aug. 383/2 The flattening (platymeria) of the upper end [of the shaft of the femur] is exaggerated by the presence of a marked lateral expansion at the level of the gluteal tuberosity. 1972J. T. Robinson Early Hominid Posture & Locomotion x. 143 If SK 97 belonged to a male, then it is not improbable that SK 82 belonged to a female since it has a smaller head, a smaller angle of the neck, a less robust shaft, and a lower platymeric index than has SK 97. 1976Nature 17 June 575/1 The long slender platymeric shaft is unexpected and provides intriguing evidence for the possible variation of the femur in this genus. |