prognathism
- a word derived from prognathous.
Example Sentences
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Alveolar prognathism is noted in 1 case and superciliary ridges in 2.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)
A quarter of the series show no prognathism.
From A Racial Study of the Fijians by Gabel, Norman E.
Some prognathism is common among Fijians, both total and mid-facial, but the condition is not universal nor pronounced.
From A Racial Study of the Fijians by Gabel, Norman E.
Inferior prognathism is observed in man as well as in animals.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
There is often marked prognathism of the dental variety, and the teeth are irregular and blackened, large and projecting—frequently growing outwards at an angle, like those of a rabbit.
From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden
