mentonn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛnt(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈmɛn(t)ən/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French menton.

Etymology: < French menton chin (late 10th cent. in Old French) < a vulgar Latin derivative (compare post-classical Latin mento chin (12th cent. in a British source), and -oon suffix) of classical Latin mentum chin (see mentum n.).

Anatomy.

= gnathion n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > jawbones > lower > bones of chin

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gnathion1888

menton1920

1920 A. Hrdlička Anthropometry 72 The distance from the menton (the lowest point in the middle of the bony chin) to the nasion.

1937 Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. 22 483 Menton... By all authors, this is designated as the lowest point on the lower border of the mandible in the median plane.

1954 T. C. White et al. Orthodontics ix. 165 The Mandibular Plane passes from the menton (lowest point on the cross-section of the mandibular symphysis)..to the lowest point on the angle of the mandible.

1974 Nature 8 Mar. 165/1 Six bilateral and four single roentgenographic landmarks were delineated. The single landmarks were: sella; anterior nasal spine; incisal point; menton.

1993 Brit. Jrnl. Orthodontics 20 101/1 Conventional cephalometric methods have frequently not been based on the biology of cranio-facial growth... Many cephalometric landmarks (for example, articulare or menton) are not true biologic loci.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	menton
释义	mentonn. Brit. /ˈmɛnt(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈmɛn(t)ən/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French menton. Etymology: < French menton chin (late 10th cent. in Old French) < a vulgar Latin derivative (compare post-classical Latin mento chin (12th cent. in a British source), and -oon suffix) of classical Latin mentum chin (see mentum n.). Anatomy. = gnathion n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > jawbones > lower > bones of chin gonion1878 gnathion1888 menton1920 1920 A. Hrdlička Anthropometry 72 The distance from the menton (the lowest point in the middle of the bony chin) to the nasion. 1937 Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. 22 483 Menton... By all authors, this is designated as the lowest point on the lower border of the mandible in the median plane. 1954 T. C. White et al. Orthodontics ix. 165 The Mandibular Plane passes from the menton (lowest point on the cross-section of the mandibular symphysis)..to the lowest point on the angle of the mandible. 1974 Nature 8 Mar. 165/1 Six bilateral and four single roentgenographic landmarks were delineated. The single landmarks were: sella; anterior nasal spine; incisal point; menton. 1993 Brit. Jrnl. Orthodontics 20 101/1 Conventional cephalometric methods have frequently not been based on the biology of cranio-facial growth... Many cephalometric landmarks (for example, articulare or menton) are not true biologic loci. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1920
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