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Definition of Prognathic
1. Adjective. Having a projecting lower jaw.
Similar to: Lantern-jawed
Derivative terms: Prognathism
Antonyms: Opisthognathous
Definition of Prognathic
1. a. Prognathous.
Definition of Prognathic
1. Adjective. prognathous ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prognathic
Literary usage of Prognathic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1850)
"... -prognathic form of skull and face is the most predominant in the largest
portion of this large peninsula. On the other hand, ..."
2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1896)
"In the first column the length of the temporal fossa is expressed in terms of
the length of the skull, and the prognathic index is the lowest of all. ..."
3. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1860)
"Tartars and All prognathic. Malays. Mongolians, both in Asiatic Russia and ...
Austral Negroes—all prognathic. Our knowledge of these tribes is still so ..."
4. The Geologist by Samuel Joseph Mackie (1862)
"Thus, diverging from the brachycephalic pole, if we pass eastward into China, we
notice the population becoming more dolichocephalic and prognathic ; if we ..."
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