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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Of or relating to the jaw.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Of or pertaining to the jaws; specifically, in craniometry, pertaining to the alveolus of the jaws; alveolar: as, the gnathic or alveolar index (which see, under craniometry). Also gnathal.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Of or pertaining to the jaw.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the jaw.

Etymologies

  1. Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnathos, "jaw") + English -ic; equivalent to * γναθικός (gnathikos) (Wiktionary)
  2. Greek gnathos, jaw; see genu-2 in Indo-European roots + -ic. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “The degree of projection of the jaws is determined by the gnathic or alveolar index, which represents the proportion between the basialveolar and basinasal lengths, thus: basialveolar length X 100/basinasal length56”

    II. Osteology. 5d. The Interior of the Skull

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  1. mesognathous
  1. orthognathous
  1. prognathous
  1. facial angle
  1. gnathal
  1. mesognathy
  1. gnathic
  1. craniometry

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  • trivet of or pertaining to the jaw Feb 25, 2007

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