orthognathism

English

Etymology

From ortho- +‎ -gnathism, after orthognathic and orthognathous.[1]

Noun

orthognathism (uncountable)

  1. (anatomy) The quality of being orthognathous.
    • 1877, Thomas Henry Huxley, A Manual of the anatomy of vertebrated animals:
      A secondary condition is the form of the alveolar portion of the upper jaw, which, so far as it is vertical, tends toward orthognathism

References

  1. ^ “orthognathism, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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