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单词 prognathic
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prognathicadj.

Brit. /prɒɡˈnaθɪk/, U.S. /prɑɡˈnæθɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pro- prefix2, -gnathic comb. form.
Etymology: < pro- prefix2 + -gnathic comb. form. Compare earlier prognathous adj., and also orthognathic adj.
Physical Anthropology.
Having projecting or forward-pointing jaws or lower jaw, prognathous; (of jaws or a jaw) protruding.
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jimber-jawed1834
prognathous1836
wapper-jawed1848
prognathic1850
orthognathic1851
orthognathous1851
whopper-jawed1860
macrognathous1864
underhanging1865
macrognathic1874
eurygnathous1878
mesognathous1878
overshot1879
prosognathous1890
mesognathic1892
jut-jawed1943
1850 R. G. Latham Nat. Hist. Varieties Man Introd. 6 When the insertion of the teeth is perpendicular, or nearly perpendicular to the base of the nose, the skull is orthognathic; when projecting forwards, prognathic.
1861 Busk in Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 1 343 It is to him [sc. Professor Retzius] that we owe the terms brachycephalic and dolichocephalic, with their respective modifications of orthognathic and prognathic.
1905 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Aug. 455 The head small and distinctly dolichocephalic, the jaws prognathic.
1967 J. R. Napier & P. H. Napier Handbk. Living Primates i. 16 In the gelada baboons..the face is moderately prognathic..but the nose is short and retroussé.
1999 C. Dexter Remorseful Day (2000) lxix. 383 He looked down at her squarish, slightly prognathic face, her dark-brown silky hair cut short in a fringe across her broad forehead.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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