mesorrhine

[ mez-uh-rahyn, -rin, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh- ]
/ ˈmɛz əˌraɪn, -rɪn, ˈmɛs-, ˈmi zə-, -sə- /

adjective Anthropology.

having a moderately broad and high-bridged nose.

Origin of mesorrhine

1875–80; meso- + -rrhine < Greek -rhīnos -nosed, adj. derivative of rhī́s nose

OTHER WORDS FROM mesorrhine

mes·or·rhi·ny, noun

Words nearby mesorrhine

mesopotamia, mesopotamian, mesorchium, mesorectum, mesorrhaphy, mesorrhine, mesosalpinx, mesoscale, mesosigmoid, mesosigmoiditis, mesosigmoidopexy

Example sentences from the Web for mesorrhine

  • Nose, rather small, often straight with widish nostrils (mesorrhine).

    Man, Past and Present |Agustus Henry Keane