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单词 mesognathous
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mesognathousadj.

Brit. /mɛˈsɒɡnəθəs/, /mᵻˈsɒɡnəθəs/, U.S. /məˈzɑɡnəθəs/; see also meso- comb. form.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meso- comb. form, -gnathous comb. form.
Etymology: < meso- comb. form + -gnathous comb. form.
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.
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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).
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