Agnathia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /æɡˈneɪ.θi.ə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Agnathia is a noun meaning (pathology) A birth defect in which the mandible is missing.
Meaning
(pathology) A birth defect in which the mandible is missing.
Example Sentences
The lower jaw may be absent (agnathia).
As such, it is often accompanied by agnathia, a congenital absence of the mandible[…].
When there is agnathia, instead of the inferior maxillary bone we find nothing but a kind of tubercle formed of skin, cellular tissue, fat, and some few muscular fibres.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include agnathism, dysgnathia, microretrognathia, anodontia, aphalangia, acephalia.
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