In race description the prominence of the edges of the jaws is called prognathism, and its absence orthognathism. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883] Reference
On the whole, the prognathism is considerable but is not as variable as that of Manóbos and of Mandáyas. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
Japanese; there is no tendency towards prognathism; and the fold of integument which conceals the upper eyelids of the Japanese is never to be met with. From Wordnik.com. [Unbeaten Tracks in Japan] Reference
But a little consideration will show that any ‘facial angle’ that has been devised, can be competent to express the structural modifications involved in prognathism and orthognathism, only in a rough and general sort of way. From Wordnik.com. [Essays] Reference
From Central Asia eastward to the Pacific Islands and subcontinents on the one hand, and to America on the other, brachycephaly and orthognathism gradually diminish, and are replaced by dolichocephaly and prognathism, less, however, on the. From Wordnik.com. [Essays] Reference
Various methods have been devised in order to express with some accuracy the degree of prognathism or orthognathism of any given skull; most of these methods being essentially modifications of that devised by Peter Camper, in order to attain what he called the. From Wordnik.com. [Essays] Reference
Inferior prognathism is observed in man as well as in animals. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
She had pronounced prognathism, which gave her a simian appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The lips are thick and bowed, but there is little or no prognathism. From Wordnik.com. [The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition] Reference
The other clinical features consist of enlarged hands, feet and prognathism. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Woman dies from bird flu infection in C China] Reference
She had pronounced prognathism, which gave her a simian appearance (Fig. 80). From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
It presents no appearance of that prognathism which diminishes the facial angle. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey to the Interior of the Earth] Reference
His apostacy accounts more for his lapses than his prognathism or his projecting heel. From Wordnik.com. [Africa and the American Negro...Addresses and Proceedings of the Congress on Africa Held Under the Auspices of the Stewart Missionary Foundation for Africa of Gammon Theological Seminary in Connection with the Cotton States and International Exposition December 13-15, 1895.] Reference
There was occasional marked supraorbital development, retreating chin, and prognathism. From Wordnik.com. [The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon] Reference
Brachycephalic breeds such as the Boxer, Boston Terrier, Pekingese, and Bulldog exhibit prognathism and have wide-set, round eyes. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The good gentleman was of a marked prognathism, a type of degeneration, indifference, intellectual torpor, and nevertheless, he reached the top. From Wordnik.com. [Caesar or Nothing] Reference
Its prognathism or protrusion is extreme, and the canine teeth were very strong, while the molars were evidently large and increased in size backward, a non-human characteristic. From Wordnik.com. [Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution] Reference
= -- Scanty beard; abundant hair, prognathism, thick lips, dull eye, lemurian appendix to the jaw, pteleriform type of the nasal opening, projecting ears, squinting eyes, receding forehead and deformed nose. From Wordnik.com. [A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science] Reference
Various methods have been devised in order to express with some accuracy the degree of prognathism or orthognathism of any given skull; most of these methods being essentially modifications of that devised by Peter. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
In regard to the characteristic of prognathism, it is possessed in various degrees, the most pronounced instance being seen in the photograph of one of the Kalangs of Java, a tribe which has recently become extinct. From Wordnik.com. [Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution] Reference
The other type is quasi-Hindú in its delicacy of form, with small heads, oval faces, noses à la Roxolane, lips sub-tumid but without prognathism, and fine almond-shaped eyes, with remarkably thick and silky lashes. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1] Reference
But a little consideration will show that any 'facial angle' that has been devised, can be competent to express the structural modifications involved in prognathism and orthognathism, only in a rough and general sort of way. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
Some tribes are described as physically and mentally degenerate, and prognathism is in many cases strongly declared, the lower part of the face having an ape-like contour, and the protruding chin, that feature peculiar to man, being very deficient. From Wordnik.com. [Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution] Reference
Anoiapithecus brevirostris, in reference to the region where the town of els Hostalets is situated (l'Anoia) and also to the fact that the new taxon has a very modern facial morphology, characterized by a very reduced facial prognathism, i.e. by a very short face. From Wordnik.com. [Primates in the News] Reference
A greater tendency toward prognathism than we have heretofore met with; the forehead, while high, is moderately retreating and the supra-orbital ridges prominent in most individuals; the hair is brown-black and is inclined to curl in locks. From Wordnik.com. [The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition] Reference
The other clinical features consist of enlarged hands, feet and prognathism (acromegaloid features), increased sweating, umbilical hernia and lytic lesions (bone appear to be eaten-up on X-rays) in long bones of the upper and lower extremities (arms, forearm, hands, thigh, calf, legs and feet. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Woman dies from bird flu infection in C China] Reference
There is no prognathism. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX.] Reference
The Aeta have practically no prognathism. From Wordnik.com. [Negritos of Zambales] Reference
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