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gnath(o)-
The jaw.
Greek gnathos, jaw.
The gnathion is the lowest point of the midline of the lower jaw; gnathology is the dental study of the process of chewing; the adjectives gnathal and (less commonly) gnathic refer to the jaw. In biology, Gnathostoma (Greek stoma, mouth) is a genus of parasitic nematodes.
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