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brachygnatism

brachygnatism is the misspelling of brachygnathism.

Meaning of brachygnathism

Noun

brachygnathism (uncountable)

  1. An underbite caused by a shortening of the upper mandible (in animals)
    • None of the lambs had malformation evocative of SBV infection (arthrogryposis-hydranencephaly syndrome, stiff neck, scoliosis, brachygnathism).2015 September 30, “Experimental Infection of Sheep at 45 and 60 Days of Gestation with Schmallenberg Virus Readily Led to Placental Colonization without Causing Congenital Malformations”, in PLOS...

Questions about brachygnatism

What is brachygnatism the misspelling of?
Brachygnatism is the misspelling of brachygnathism.

Words near brachygnatism in the dictionary

  1. brachyfold
  2. brachygnathia
  3. brachygnathic
  4. brachygnathism
  5. brachygnathous
  6. brachygnatism
  7. brachygrapher
  8. brachygraphers
  9. brachygraphic
  10. brachygraphical
  11. brachygraphies

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