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gnathic index

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gnathic in-dex
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
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Meaning

noun

In a skull, the ratio of the distance from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the basion (taken equal to 100), to the distance from the basion to the middle of the front edge of the upper jaw.

Archaic

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What does gnathic index mean?
In a skull, the ratio of the distance from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the basion (taken equal to 100), to the distance from the basion to the middle of the front edge of the upper jaw.

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