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gonion

 
('nē-ŏn') pronunciation
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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('nē-ŏn')
n., pl. -ni·a (-nē-ə).

The outer point on either side of the lower jaw at which the jawbone angles upward.

Pl. gonia [Gr.] the most inferior, posterior and lateral point on the angle of the mandible.


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The most posteroinferior point of the angle of the mandible near the lower border of the ramus.

 
 
Related topics:
mandibular border
chin projection (anthropology)
List of subjects in Gray's Anatomy: Alphabetical: G

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