gonion

American

[goh-nee-on] / ˈgoʊ niˌɒn /

noun

Craniometry. a point on each side of the lower jaw at the mandibular angle.

gonion British

/ ˈɡəʊnɪən /

noun

anatomy the point or apex of the angle of the lower jaw

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

gonia

plural

Etymology

Origin of gonion

First recorded in 1875–80

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023