Definition of Symphysion

1. Noun. The most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Symphysion

symphonist
symphonists
symphonize
symphonized
symphonizes
symphonizing
symphony
symphony-orchestra
symphony orchestra
symphony orchestras
symphoric
symphyseal
symphyses
symphysial
symphysies
symphysion (current term)
symphysy
symphytism
sympiesometer
sympiesometers
sympiezometer
sympiezometers
symplasia
symplasias
symplasm
symplast
symplasts
symplectic

Literary usage of Symphysion

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)
"In the case of the lower limit neither symphysion nor lumbale give the full value to the physiological trunk, since they omit the lower part of the pelvic ..."

2. A Laboratory Manual of Anthropometry by Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1920)
"In the case of the lower limit neither symphysion nor lumbale give the full value to the physiological trunk, since they omit the lower part of the pelvic ..."

3. A German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied Sciences by Hugo Lang, Bertram Abrahams (1905)
"... m. relation between distance from pros- thion to symphysion and the total vertico-facial ... and symphysion and the superior vertico-facial diameter ..."

4. Lang's German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied by Hugo Lang, Milton Kayton Meyers (1913)
"... to symphysion and the total vertico- facial diameter ... and symphysion and the superior vertico-facial diameter ..."

5. Great Stone Monuments in History and Geography by Jesse Walter Fewkes (1913)
"3), so broadly rounded in front that the width between the anterior molars is decidedly greater than the distance from the first molar to the symphysion, ..."

6. A Laboratory Manual of Anthropometry by Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1920)
"In the case of the lower limit neither symphysion nor lumbale give the full value to the physiological trunk, since they omit the lower part of the pelvic ..."

7. A Laboratory Manual of Anthropometry by Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1920)
"In the case of the lower limit neither symphysion nor lumbale give the full value to the physiological trunk, since they omit the lower part of the pelvic ..."

8. A German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied Sciences by Hugo Lang, Bertram Abrahams (1905)
"... m. relation between distance from pros- thion to symphysion and the total vertico-facial ... and symphysion and the superior vertico-facial diameter ..."

9. Lang's German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied by Hugo Lang, Milton Kayton Meyers (1913)
"... to symphysion and the total vertico- facial diameter ... and symphysion and the superior vertico-facial diameter ..."

10. Great Stone Monuments in History and Geography by Jesse Walter Fewkes (1913)
"3), so broadly rounded in front that the width between the anterior molars is decidedly greater than the distance from the first molar to the symphysion, ..."

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