coronionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From coronoid +‎ -ion.

名詞

coronion (plural coronions)

1. (anatomy) The tip of the coronoid process of the mandible.
   • 1924, Texas State Journal of Medicine - Volume 19, page 353:

     It has been demonstrated that practically every patient under a general anaesthetic has traces of blood below the larynx, while in almost 50 per cent of the cases this strain extends to the coronion.

   • 1955, Anthropos - Volume 50, page 820:

     Common to both subtypes are, to mention this briefly, a low, padded forehead ; rather pronounced coronions ; and a small mouth with curved, fairly fleshy lips.

   • 2009, Susan M. Ford, Leila M. Porter, Lesa C. Davis, The Smallest Anthropoids: The Marmoset/Callimico Radiation, →ISBN:

     The jaw of Callithrix, by contrast, shows a less aggressive coronion and a condylar pivot which lies nearer to the occlusal plane, reflecting the marmosets' greater emphasis on exudate-gouging, although not to Cebuella's extreme.