koronion

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A form of coronion — The tip of the coronoid process of the mandible.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounkoronion (plural koronions)

plural koronions

  1. alternativeAlternative form of coronion.

    TCor: Thickness of Coronoid Process - Taken at a point 15mm below koronion.

    1995, Anthropological Science
    2 more examples

    15) coronoidal height: greatest height from basal plane of mandible (gonion) to koronion;

    1997 January, Carlos Henrique de Freitas Burity, Carlos Alberto Mandarim-de-Lacerda, Alcides Pissinatti, “Craniometric sexual dimorphism in Leontopithecus Lesson, 1840 (Callitrichidae, Primates)”, in Primates, volume 38, number 1

    This method is used to treat simple olecranon fracture proximal to the koronion.

    2002, Y. Y. Chu, L. C. Zhao, Shape Memory Materials and Its Applications
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