frontis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of frontis
< Spanish, apparently alteration of frente front
Example Sentences
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From the occiput to the os frontis, his head was quite level and extraordinarily long.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
These fits were preceded by a fracture of the os frontis, with depression, from which he readily recovered; but soon after he was attacked with convulsions.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
Poor Bill! he scarcely knew what fainting was, but a queer sensation settled in his "ossis frontis," while his ossis legso almost bent double under him, at the awful prospect of things before him!
From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge
They claimed to have an os frontis in the medical school of Leyden measuring 9.1 X 12.2 X .5 inches, which they deduce must have belonged to a man 11 or 12 feet high.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
It did heal up, though not so well as Margaret wished—a frightful scar extended over the os frontis, directly to the high cheek-bone.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Richard Cobbold
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