- Hapsburg jaw
- a mandibular prognathous jaw, often accompanied by a thick overdeveloped lower lip (Hapsburg lip), as seen in many members of the Hapsburg family of European nobility.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Hapsburg jaw
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