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Definition of Gnathion
1. Noun. The most inferior point of the mandible in the midline.
Group relationships: Jawbone, Jowl, Lower Jaw, Lower Jawbone, Mandible, Mandibula, Mandibular Bone, Submaxilla
Definition of Gnathion
1. the tip of the chin [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gnathion
1. The most inferior point of the mandible in the midline. In cephalometrics, it is the midpoint between the most anterior and inferior point on the bony chin, measured at the intersection of the mandibular baseline and the nasion-pogonion line. Origin: G. Gnathos, jaw (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnathion
Literary usage of Gnathion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington, Smithsonian Institution (1908)
"The following measurements, however, were taken: gnathion to posterior border of
interparietal, 27.4 ; gnathion to posterior edge of ..."
2. A Laboratory Manual of Anthropometry by Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1920)
"As the gnathion properly lies underneath the jaw, where it serves as the limit
for lines of measurement coming from the direction of the nasion, ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1896)
"Diagram representing double Alveolar Hare-lip according to Albrecht's view.
xc, The exo-gnathion; no, ..."
4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1892)
"Skull with a remarkably short conical muzzle, the distance from "«lie anterior
rim of the orbit to the gnathion less than the zygomatic "breadth. ..."
5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1894)
"Back of orbit to gnathion about 76 mm. 8. ... Tip of nasals about level with back
of middle premolar and about 42 mm. from gnathion. e2. ..."
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