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Hapsburg lip

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lip (lip)
1. the upper or lower fleshy margin of the mouth.
2. any liplike part; labium.

cleft lip  a congenital cleft or defect in the upper lip.
glenoid lip  a ring of fibrocartilage joined to the rim of the glenoid cavity.
Hapsburg lip  a thick, overdeveloped lower lip that often accompanies Hapsburg jaw.

Hapsburg lip
n.
A projecting overdeveloped lower lip, often accompanied by a prognathous jaw.

Hapsburg lip,
an overdeveloped, thick lower lip, which often accompanies the Hapsburg jaw (a jaw that projects forward). This kind of lip was characteristic of many members of the royal German-Austrian family that produced several European rulers between 1278 and 1918.


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