pronasale

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noun

The tip of the nose.

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Meanings

noun
  1. anatomyThe tip of the nose.

    The most anterior point on the midsagittal profile of the nose. ln cases where the tip of the nose was more than a definite point, pronasale was determined by drawing a line parallel to the line nasion to pogonion tangent to the most anterior point on the midsagittal profile of the nose.

    1996, Kunihiko Miyashita, Contemporary cephalometric radiography, page 257
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