a. Anthrop. [mod. f. Gr. ἀφαν-ής unmanifest + ζυγ-όν (for ζύγωμα cheekbone) + -OUS.] Having the cheek-bones invisible when the skull is viewed from above.
1871. Dawkins, Cave Hunt., vi. 207. They are dolicho-cephalic, quite orthognathous, and wholly aphanozygous.