mandibularadj.
/manˈdɪbjᵿlə/, U.S. /mænˈdɪbjələr/ Anatomy and Zoology.
Of, belonging to, connected with, or forming part of a mandible.
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jaweda1529
mandibulary1653
jawy1654
mandibular1654
jowled1861
the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [adjective] > jawbones > lower
mandibulary1653
mandibular1654
submaxillary1721
angular1802
mylohyoidean1838
mylohyoid1839
hyomandibular1875
hyostylic1880
tympanomandibular1891
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > of the jaw or chin > of the mandible
mandibular1816
mandibulous1835
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1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. vi. 103 The many parts, joynts, sinews [etc.]..gutturall, dentall, mandibular, &c.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Mandibular Muscles, the Muscles that belong to the Lower Jaw.
1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. 275 Besides their mandibular hooks, some of these grubs supply the want of legs by means of claws at their anus.
1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 2 In nearly all mammals teeth exist in a single row on the..mandibular bones.
1891 W. H. Flower & R. Lydekker Introd. Study Mammals 171 The mandibular symphysis is ankylosed.
1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 128 Main branches of 5th and 7th nerves crossing the floor of the orbit, the former having maxillary and mandibular branches.
1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) ii. 10 Proximally the gena presents a cavity for the articulation of the mandibular condyle.
1969 R. F. Chapman Insects i. 9 The tendons joining the transverse mandibular and maxillary muscles..form square plates.
1989 Brit. Jrnl. Orthodontics 16 99 Space closure in both maxiallary [sic] and the right mandibular quadrants had been good.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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