单词 | mesognathous |
释义 | mesognathousadj. Physical Anthropology. Designating a face or skull with a slightly projecting jaw, intermediate between prognathous and orthognathous; (of a person) having a profile of this kind. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jaws > [adjective] > conditions or positions of > having underhung1683 thick-jawed1689 underjawed1772 jimber-jawed1834 prognathous1836 wapper-jawed1848 prognathic1850 orthognathic1851 orthognathous1851 whopper-jawed1860 macrognathous1864 underhanging1865 macrognathic1874 eurygnathous1878 mesognathous1878 overshot1879 prosognathous1890 mesognathic1892 jut-jawed1943 1878 W. H. Flower in Notices Proc. Royal Inst. Great Brit. 8 615 When the latter dimension [sc. basi-alveolar length] exceeds the former [sc. basi-nasal length], the face is said to be prognathous; when the reverse is the case, it is orthognathous; when the two dimensions are equal or thereabouts, it is mesognathous. 1885 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 156 The cranial characters of the Yahgans..platopic, mesoprosopic, and mesognathous. 1903 Science 30 Oct. 568/2 The face was usually orthognathous, sometimes mesognathous. 1952 Man 52 156/2 Their many similarities allow a definition of the pygmy type—small stature, delicacy of bone contour,..broad nose, mesognathous or prognathous face, [etc.]. 1979 Current Anthropol. 20 617 The gnathic index is subdivided into three groups: prognathous, 103 and above; mesognathous, 98 to 102.9; orthognathous, up to 97.9. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1878 |
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