ORTHOGNATHOUS


Meaning of ORTHOGNATHOUS in English

( a. )

Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.

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