prognathic, a.
(prɒgˈnæθɪk)
[f. as prognathous + -ic.]
= prognathous a.
| 1850 R. G. Latham Var. Man Introd. 6 When the insertion of the teeth is perpendicular, or nearly perpendicular to the base of the nose, the skull is orthognathic; when projecting forwards, prognathic. 1861 Busk in Trans. Ethnol. Soc. I. 343 It is to him [Professor Retzius] that we owe the terms brachycephalic and dolichocephalic, with their respective modifications of orthognathic and prognathic. 1905 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Aug. 455 The head small and distinctly dolichocephalic, the jaws prognathic. |