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REID'S BASE-LINE

\ɹˈiːdz bˈe͡ɪslˈa͡ɪn], \ɹˈiːdz bˈe‍ɪslˈa‍ɪn], \ɹ_ˈiː_d_z b_ˈeɪ_s_l_ˈaɪ_n]\

Definitions of REID'S BASE-LINE

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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A line drawn from the lower margin of the orbit to the auricular point (center of the aperture of the external auditory canal) and extending backward to the center of the occipital bone.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

See Base-line, under Line.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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