• (a.) Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/orthognathous/
Or·thog'na·thous adjective [ Ortho- + Greek ... the jaw.] (Anat.) Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous . See Gnathic index , under Gnathic . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/35