
n.
The outer point on either side of the lower jaw at which the jawbone angles upward.
[French, from Greek gōniā, angle.]
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American Heritage Dictionary:
go·ni·on |

[French, from Greek gōniā, angle.]
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:
go·ni·on |
The outer point on either side of the lower jaw at which the jawbone angles upward.
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
gonion |
Pl. gonia [Gr.] the most inferior, posterior and lateral point on the angle of the mandible.
Mosby's Dental Dictionary:
gonion |
The most posteroinferior point of the angle of the mandible near the lower border of the ramus.
| mandibular border | |
| chin projection (anthropology) | |
| List of subjects in Gray's Anatomy: Alphabetical: G |
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