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orthognathous

orthognathous


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orthognathous  \Or*thog"na*thous\,  a.  [Ortho-  +  Gr  ?  the  jaw.] 
  (Anat.) 
  Having  the  front  of  the  head,  or  the  skull,  nearly 
  perpendicular,  not  retreating  backwards  above  the  jaws;  -- 
  opposed  to  {prognathous}.  See  {Gnathic  index},  under 
  {Gnathic}.