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basifacial axis (medicine) and nascent (iou)


basifacial axis (medicine)


basifacial axis


A line drawn from the subnasal point to the midpoint of the sphenoethmoidal suture.

Synonym: facial axis.


nascent (iou)



nascent adjective. E17.
[Latin nascent- pres. ppl stem of nasci be born: see -ENT.]
In the act of being born. E17.
In the act or condition of coming into existence; beginning to form, grow, develop, etc.; Chemistry (esp. of hydrogen) freshly generated in reactive form by electrolysis or chemical reaction. E18.
Mollie Harris During..the eighteenth century, the nascent discipline of geology languished under the tutelage of scriptural authority. U. Bentley His look accused me of betraying his nascent respect for me. R. K. Narayan This girl was innocent, her mind in a nascent state.
nascently adverb L19.