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Definition of Acanthion
1. Noun. The craniometric point at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture.
Definition of Acanthion
1. Noun. (medicine) A point lying near the base of the nose; specifically, the point at the base of the anterior nasal spine that lies on the mesial line ¹
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Medical Definition of Acanthion
1. The tip of the anterior nasal spine. Synonym: akanthion. Origin: G. Akantha, thorn (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acanthion
Literary usage of Acanthion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"This animal was described by Gray as acanthion Hodgsonii, the lesser Indian ...
Waterhouse, in writing of Hystrix (acanthion) Javanica, says : " The habits ..."
2. The Classical Museum by Leonhard Schmitz (1846)
"ON THE USE OF THE TERMS ACANTHUS, acanthion, &c., IN THE ANCIENT CLASSICS.
GREAT confusion exists among the writers of antiquity in the use of the allied ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1847)
"The Baron Cuvier does not take any notice of the genus acanthion in the second
edition of the ' Regne Animal' (i. 215), but merely observes that the Indian ..."
4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1847)
"The Baron Cuvier does not take any notice of the genus acanthion in the second
edition of the ' Regne Animal' (i. 215), but merely observes that the Indian ..."
5. Neue Jahrbücher für Philologie und Paedagogik by Alfredus Fleckeisen, Hermann Masius (1845)
"... On the use of the terms Acanthus, acanthion etc. in the ancient classics, ebend.
VJI. p. 1—21.] Edler, С. F., Die Grammatik der lateinischen Sprache, ..."
6. Histoire naturelle des mammifères: avec l'indication de leurs moeurs, et de by Paul Gervais (1854)
"L'acanthion do Java est un Animal bien distinct. Dans le Musée britannique ...
Cet acanthion a le corps long de 0,62. Le même Musée possède un Métis de cet ..."
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