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microseme, a. and n. Anthropology.|ˈmaɪkrəʊsiːm|
[a. F. microsème (Broca), f. Gr. µῑκρό-ς small + σῆµα sign, ‘index’.]
a. adj. Of a skull: Having a small orbital index, i.e. one below 83.
b. n. A skull having an orbital index below 83.
1878[see mesoseme]. 1880Nature 8 Jan. 224 The now extinct Tasmanian race was..prognathous, platyrhine, microseme. 1886A. Macalister in Jrnl. Anthrop. Inst. XVI. 150 The skulls agree with the ordinary Bushman skull in most respects, being microseme, platyrhine, tapeinocephalic, mesaticephalic. 1897Shrubsall ibid. XXVII. 283 A special feature of the Akka skull is the microseme orbit. |