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agnathism

agnathism is the alternative form of agnathia.

Meaning of agnathia

Noun

agnathia (uncountable)

  1. A birth defect in which the mandible is missing.
    • 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.1831, William West, translation of Gabriel Andral, A Treatise on Pathological Anatomy, Hodges and Smith, volume 2, page 283

Questions about agnathism

What is agnathism the alternative form of?
Agnathism is the alternative form of agnathia.

Words near agnathism in the dictionary

  1. agnathans
  2. agnathas
  3. agnathia
  4. agnathic
  5. agnathid
  6. agnathism
  7. agnathostome
  8. agnathostomes
  9. agnathous
  10. agnaths
  11. agnatic

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