orthognathic
English
Etymology
From ortho- (“straight, correct”) + -gnathic (suffix forming adjectives relating to the jaw), after New Latin orthognathus.[1]
Adjective
orthognathic (comparative more orthognathic, superlative most orthognathic)
- Straight-jawed.
- Synonym: orthognathous
- Of or pertaining to the correction of the jaws.
- orthognathic surgery
- orthognathic procedure
Descendants
- → Greek: ορθογναθικός (orthognathikós)
Translations
straight-jawed
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References
- “orthognathic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “orthognathic, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.