bigoniac

English

Etymology

bi- +‎ gonia +‎ -ac

Adjective

bigoniac (not comparable)

1. Synonym of bigonial
   • 1885 April 14, J.G. Garson, “On the Inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego”, in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 15, page 155:

     The posterior contour is shown by ascertaining the relations which the bistephanic or maximum frontal and bigoniac diameters bear to the bizygomatic width, this being taken as 100.

   • 1906, William Halse Rivers, The Todas, page 708:

     the large divergence in the case of the maxillo-zygomatic index, which is calculated from the bigoniac and bizygomatic measurements, in both of which there is considerable scope for differences between different observers.

   • 1913, Maria Montessori, Pedagogical Anthropology, page 384:

     The bigoniac diameter may also show an exaggerated development due to the enormous volume of the mandible ( criminaloid type — Lombroso's assassin type ) .