Agnathia

//æɡˈneɪ.θi.ə//

"Agnathia" in a Sentence (3 examples)

When there is agnathia, instead of the inferior maxillary bone we find nothing but a kind of tubercle formed of skin, cellular tissue, fat, and some few muscular fibres.

The lower jaw may be absent (agnathia).

As such, it is often accompanied by agnathia, a congenital absence of the mandible[…].

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