agnathic
/æɡˈnæθɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia.
Example Sentences
- "[…] the heads are inverted and agnathic (lacking a lower jaw) […]"
- "Mouth is without jaws (agnathic) in lampreys and hagfishes and bounded by jaws (gnathic) in all other vertebrates."
- "Mortal combat and decapitation are suggested by the eight skillfully and gracefully engraved heads depicted here with their serrated necks, the prominent arrowheads, and the agnathic or jawless head regalia."
- "[…]an imperforate pharynx which existed in an agnathic lamb."
- "In the mouth: various irregularities, such as wide separation of the teeth; abnormal development of the canines; the prognathic or agnathic jaw; high arching of the palate; cleft palate—all are found more frequently among persons otherwise degenerate than in normal individuals."
- "Most pregnancies with agnathic fetuses are associated with polyhydramnios, which probably result from fetal inability to swallow because of persistence of the oropharyngeal membrane."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”) + -ic.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /æɡˈnæθɪk/