midfacial

mid- +‎ facial

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

midfacial (not comparable)

1. in the middle of the face
   • 2001 January 12, Milford H. Wolpoff et al., “Modern Human Ancestry at the Peripheries: A Test of the Replacement Theory”, in Science‎, volume 291, number 5502, →DOI, pages 293–297:

     Mlade 5 has a Neandertal-like sagittal contour, a well-developed occipitomastoid crest, minimal mastoid projection, and evidence of midfacial prognathism, insofar as the marked anterior projection of the upper face predicts this.

   • 1997 May 30, J. M. Bermudez de Castro et al., “A Hominid from the Lower Pleistocene of Atapuerca, Spain: Possible Ancestor to Neandertals and Modern Humans”, in Science‎, volume 276, number 5317, →DOI, pages 1392–1395:

     The fully modern midfacial morphology of the fossils antedates other evidence of this feature by about 650,000 years.