单词 | mesorhine |
释义 | mesorrhine, mesorhine, a. and n. Anthropology.|ˈmɛsəʊraɪn| [f. Gr. µέσο-ς middle + ῥῑν-, ῥίν nose.] A. adj. Applied by Broca to noses, skulls, or persons having a nasal index from 48 to 53 (intermediate between leptorrhine and platyrrhine).
1878Flower in Proc. Roy. Inst. VIII. 616. 1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. 284 Narrower nose, often mesorrhine and prominent. B. n. A person or skull having a nasal index intermediate between leptorrhine and platyrrhine. Hence ˈmesorrhiny, the state or quality of being mesorrhine.
1904Biometrika Mar.–July 214 Nasal Index. Mesorrhiny. 1953Beals & Hoijer Introd. Anthropol. iv. 98 Mesorrhines, like the Polynesians, who live in tropical regions. |

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