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GNATHION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gnathion mean?
• GNATHION (noun)
The noun GNATHION has 1 sense:
1. the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline
Familiarity information: GNATHION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The most inferior point of the mandible in the midline
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("gnathion" is a kind of...):
craniometric point (a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken)
Holonyms ("gnathion" is a part of...):
jawbone; jowl; lower jaw; lower jawbone; mandible; mandibula; mandibular bone; submaxilla (the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth)
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