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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 424 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PROGNATHISM (Gr. 7rpb, forward, and yv&Oos,
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jaw)  , the
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term applied by ethnologists, with its opposite Orthognathism (6pe6s, straight), to describe the varying degrees of
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projection of the upper
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jaw, which itself is determined by the
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angle made by the whole
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face with the
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brain-cap . Eurygnathism (eupus, wide), is the lateral projection of jawbones so characteristic of the Mongolic races .

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