Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthognathic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: or-thog-nath-ic
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Straight-jawed.

adj

Of or pertaining to the correction of the jaws.

Example Sentences

"orthognathic surgery"
"orthognathic procedure"

Etymology

From ortho- (“straight, correct”) + -gnathic (suffix forming adjectives relating to the jaw), after New Latin orthognathus.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ortho
Root: orthognathus
Suffix: gnathic

Inflected Forms

more orthognathic (comparative) most orthognathic (superlative)

Synonyms

orthognathous

Questions

What does orthognathic mean?: Straight-jawed.
Where does orthognathic come from?: From ortho- (“straight, correct”) + -gnathic (suffix forming adjectives relating to the jaw), after New Latin orthognathus.

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