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orthognathic

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orthognathic [‚ȯr·thəg′nath·ik]
(anthropology)
Pertaining to a condition of the upper jaw in which it is in an approximately vertical relationship to the profile of the facial skeleton, when the skull is oriented on the Frankfort horizontal plane; having a gnathic index of 97.9 or less.
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