Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anthropology, having a skull with a facial index of 90 and over. See
leptoprosopic .
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The expressions euryprosopous and euryonic correspond to the chamaeconchous of the Frankfort Agreement; leptous is the same as leptoprosopous.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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He supposed six sub-species: chamaeprosopous dolichocephalic, chamaeprosopous mesocephalic, chamaeprosopous brachyhcephalic, leptoprosopous dolichocephalic, leptoprosopous mesocephalic, leptoprosopous brachycephalic.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The ratios of the breadth of the zygomatic arch (supposing it equal to 100) to the height of the entire face (from the nasion to the gnathion), and to the height of the upper face (from the nasion to the prosthion), give facial indices which are divided by R. Martin into the following groups: (1) Index for the entire face: hypercuryprosopous (to 79.9), curyprosopous (80.0 to 89.9), leptoprosopous (90.0 to 94.9), hyperleptoprosopous (over 95.0).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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