Meaning of agnathia | Babel Free
/æɡˈneɪ.θi.ə/Definitions
A birth defect in which the mandible is missing.
uncountable
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[…].”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.