jaw (jaw) either of the two bony tooth-bearing structures (mandible and maxilla) in the head of dentate vertebrates.
Hapsburg jaw,
cleft jaw a cleft between the median nasal and maxillary prominences through the alveolus.
Hapsburg jaw a mandibular prognathous jaw, often accompanied by Hapsburg lip.
phossy jaw phosphorus necrosis.
Haps·burg jaw (h ps bûrg , häpsb rk)n. A prognathous jaw, often accompanied by an overdeveloped lower lip. |
Hapsburg jaw,
a lower jaw (mandible) that projects forward in advance of the upper jaw (maxilla), resulting in a skeletal Class III malocclusion according to Angle's classification of malocclusion. The term relates to the Hapsburg royal family in which that facial pattern was dominant.
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