symphysialadj.
/sɪmˈfɪzɪəl/, U.S. /sɪmˈfɪziəl/ Of or pertaining to, situated at, or forming a symphysis. symphysial angle n. see quot. 1890.
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1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 277/1 The anterior symphyseal or dental portion of each ramus first unites with its fellow at the symphysis.
a1856 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator (1861) 322 The two bones of the under jaw, with their symphysial teeth.
1875 T. H. Huxley in Encycl. Brit. I. 755/1 A short curved rod of bone, which unites with its fellow in the symphysis, and is, in fact, the ossified symphysial end of Meckel's cartilage.
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II Symphyseal angle.., that between line drawn from lower incisor teeth to point of chin and the plane of lower border of inferior maxillary bone.
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symphysian adj. /sɪmˈfɪzɪən/ [ < French symphysien] symphysian angle, in Craniometry, the angle between the profile of the symphysis and the plane of the inferior border of the lower jaw. (In recent dictionaries.)
/sɪmˈfɪzɪən/ [ < French symphysien] symphysian angle, in Craniometry, the angle between the profile of the symphysis and the plane of the inferior border of the lower jaw. (In recent dictionaries.)This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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