platymericadj.
/ˌplatɪˈmɛrɪk/, /ˌplatɪˈmɪərɪk/, U.S. /ˌplædiˈmɛrɪk/, /ˌplædiˈmɪrɪk/ Physical Anthropology.
Of, relating to, or exhibiting platymeria.
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platymeric1895
1895 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 3rd Ser. 5 417 A platymeric femur is not necessarily associated with the squatting attitude.
1934 J. Cameron Skeleton 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.
1976 Nature 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.
1994 R. C. Green in D. G. Sutton Orig. First New Zealanders i. 37 The femora display flattened (platymeric) shafts and oval-shaped fovea on the femoral shafts.
Compounds
platymeric index n. a numerical indication of the extent to which a femur is platymeric, obtained by multiplying the ratio of its anteroposterior and transverse diameters by 100.
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1896 Jrnl. Anat. & Pathol. 31 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.
1926 Biometrika 18 138 The platymeric index was 94.0 for the right and 75.8 for the left bone.
1972 J. 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.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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