PROGNATHISM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does prognathism mean? 

• PROGNATHISM (noun)
  The noun PROGNATHISM has 1 sense:

1. the condition of being prognathous; the condition of having a projecting jaw

  Familiarity information: PROGNATHISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROGNATHISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being prognathous; the condition of having a projecting jaw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("prognathism" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Derivation:

prognathic (having a projecting lower jaw)

 Context examples 

Characterized by minimal protrusion of the mandible or minimal prognathism.

(Orthognathous, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients have a distinctive facial appearance which includes low-set ears, brachycephaly, hypertelorism, exophthalmos, and mandibular prognathism.

(Craniofacial Dysostosis, NCI Thesaurus)