Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In anthropology, the condition of having small jaws.

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  • noun micrognathism

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Examples

  • Sleep apnea can also be caused by oral or facial anomalies, especially an abnormally small, receding lower jaw micrognathia or retrognathia, or a flattening of the middle region of the face.

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • Sleep apnea can also be caused by oral or facial anomalies, especially an abnormally small, receding lower jaw micrognathia or retrognathia, or a flattening of the middle region of the face.

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • The typical physical features include downward slanting eyes, micrognathia (a small lower jaw), conductive hearing loss, underdeveloped zygoma, drooping part of the lateral lower eyelids, and malformed or absent ears.

    Documenting Reality phluff 2010

  • The observation of fetal behavior appears to be effective for the prediction of prognosis of cases with micrognathia.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Seiichi Morokuma 2010

  • In this paper we report the case of a preterm infant with micrognathia and pulmonary hypoplasia who presented abnormal fetal movements.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Seiichi Morokuma 2010

  • micrognathia middle-ear infections migraines monsters, fear of motivation, reward system as motor development multiple births

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • micrognathia middle-ear infections migraines monsters, fear of motivation, reward system as motor development multiple births

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

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