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orthognathous, a. Ethnol.|ɔːˈθɒgnəθəs|
[f. ortho- ‘straight’ + Gr. γνάθ-ος jaw + -ous; in mod.F. orthognathe.]
Straight jawed; having the jaws not projecting beyond the vertical line drawn from the forehead; having a facial angle of about 90°. Said of the skull; also of persons.
1853in Dunglison Med. Lex. 1863Q. Rev. CXIV. 383 No law..will give us the relative dates of brachycephalous, and dolichocephalous, thick-skulled or thin-skulled, orthognathous or prognathous men. 1877Dawson Orig. World 428 Culture tends to the elevation of the nasal bones, to an orthognathous condition of the jaws. 1881Tylor Anthropol. 62 The European is orthognathous or upright jawed. |