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单词 mesostaphyline
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mesostaphylineadj.

Brit. /ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈstafᵻlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌmɛzoʊˈstæfəˌlaɪn/; see also meso- comb. form.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: meso- comb. form, staphyline adj.
Etymology: < meso- comb. form + staphyline adj., after German mesostaphylin (1884 J. Kollmann, R. Virchow, et al., in Archiv f. Anthropologie 15 5). Compare French mésostaphylin (1890 or earlier).
Physical Anthropology.
Characterized by or having an intermediate palatal index (ratio of palatal width to length); between leptostaphyline and brachystaphyline.
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1885 J. G. Garson in Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 14 71 (table) Palatal Index (Virchow)... Mesostaphyline..80.1 to 85.0.
1904 Biometrika 3 214 (table) The female [cranium] tends more to mesostaphyline.
1956 Incorporated Statistician 7 31 The male orbits are mesoconchic, the females chamaeconchic; the male palates mesostaphyline and the females leptostaphyline.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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