POGONION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pogonion mean? 

• POGONION (noun)
  The noun POGONION has 1 sense:

1. the craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin

  Familiarity information: POGONION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POGONION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pogonion" is a kind of...):

craniometric point (a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken)

Holonyms ("pogonion" is a part of...):

jawbone; jowl; lower jaw; lower jawbone; mandible; mandibula; mandibular bone; submaxilla (the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth)