SINCE 1828
leptorrhine
adjective
lep·tor·rhine
| \ ˈlep-tə-ˌrīn
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Medical Definition of leptorrhine
: having a long narrow nose with a nasal index of less than 47 on the skull or of less than 70 on the living head
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