bigonial, a.
(baɪˈgəʊnɪəl)
[f. bi-2 5 + mod.L. goni-on the outer point of the jaw-bone (Gr. γωνία angle) + -al.]
Of or relating to the distance between the points at the angle of the lower jaw on each side.
| 1895 tr. Lombroso & Ferrero's Female Offender i. 25 The bigonial diameter of female criminals is much greater than in women and men of moral lives. 1937 Nature 16 Jan. 120/2 The bigonial breadth, 108·6 mm. is below the Eskimo measurement of 130 mm. |