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rhinion Anat.|ˈraɪnɪɒn|
[a. G. rhinion (A. von Török 1888, in Monthly Internat. Jrnl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 281), f. Gr. ῥῑν-ός, ῥίς nose: see -ion2.]
The foremost point at which the two nasal bones meet.
1904W. L. H. Duckworth Morphol. & Anthrop. x. 229 Rhinion, the most prominent point at which the nasal bones touch each other. 1937Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthrop. XXII. 486 Rhinion, the lower end of the internasal suture. 1968H. de Villiers Skull of S. African Negro ix. 127 Nasion may be inset and thus lie at a greater or lesser distance from a line joining glabella to rhinion. Ibid. 128 Even moderately curved profiles ending abruptly at rhinion (category 1) or recurving slightly before rhinion (category 2) occur most commonly in the South African Negro. |