SINCE 1828
Frankfort horizontal plane
noun
Frank·fort hor·i·zon·tal plane
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Medical Definition of Frankfort horizontal plane
: a plane used in craniometry that is determined the highest point on the upper margin of the opening of each external auditory canal and the low point on the lower margin of the left orbit and that is used to orient a human skull or head usually so that the plane is horizontal
— called also eye-ear plane, Frankfort horizontal, Frankfort plane
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