rhinionn.
/ˈrʌɪnɪən/, /ˈrɪnɪən/, U.S. /ˈraɪniən/, /ˈrɪniən/ Physical Anthropology and Anatomy.
A craniometric point corresponding to the lower end of the suture between the two nasal bones.
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nasion1879
rhinion1890
nasospinale1920
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. I. 485/1 Exorhinus, term applied to skulls where the line drawn from the nasion to the alveolar point falls behind that from nasion to rhinion.
1937 Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. 22 486 Rhinion, the lower end of the internasal suture.
1968 H. de Villiers Skull of S. Afr. Negro ix. 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.
1991 Jrnl. Otolaryngol. 20 14 The crooked nose is defined as a nose in which the midline is off center without tissue loss. This leaves a nose that is angulated at the nasion or the rhinion.
2008 Operative Techniques Otolaryngol. 19 288/1 The dorsal skeleton must have a somewhat convex shape to appear straight when the skin, which is thin at the rhinion but thicker in the supratip and nasion, lays on it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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