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gnathic

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[nath-ik]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to the jaw.
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Origin of gnathic

1880–85; < Greek gnáth(os) jaw + -ic
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Historical Examples

  • The "gnathic index" is said to show that Europeans and Bushmen are orthognathous.

    The Black Man's Place in South Africa

    Peter Nielsen

British Dictionary definitions for gnathic

gnathic

gnathal

adjective
  1. anatomy of or relating to the jaw
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Word Origin

C19: from Greek gnathos jaw
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Word Origin and History for gnathic

adj.

"pertaining to the jaw," 1882, from Greek gnathos "jaw, cheek," properly "the lower jaw," cognate with Lithuanian žandas "jaw."

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gnathic in Medicine

gnathic

(năth′ĭk)
adj.
  1. Relating to the jaw or alveolar process.
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