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leontiasis

[lee-uhn-tahy-uh-sis]

noun

Pathology.
  1. a lionlike facial distortion.

  2. Also called leontiasis osseaan overgrowth of the cranial and facial bones resulting in a lionlike appearance.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of leontiasis1

< Greek leont-, stem of léōn lion + -iasis

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