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Definition of Prosthion
1. Noun. Craniometric point that is the most anterior point in the midline on the alveolar process of the maxilla.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosthion
Literary usage of Prosthion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Laboratory Manual of Anthropometry by Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1920)
"Maxillo-alveolar length; the prosthion- ... The line is to be drawn at right
angles to the prosthion- ..."
2. Lang's German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied by Hugo Lang, Milton Kayton Meyers (1913)
"... m. relation between distance from prosthion to ... m. rc- l:ition between
distance from prosthion ami ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... and to the height of the upper face (from the nasion to the prosthion), give
facial indices which are divided by R. Martin into the following groups: ..."
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