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Definition: Orthognathous
Orthognathous
\Or*thog"na*thous\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. gna`qos the
jaw.] (Anat.)
Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly
perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; --
opposed to
prognathous. See
Gnathic index, under
Gnathic.
[1913 Webster]