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Definition of Mandibula
1. Noun. The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.
Terms within: Gnathion, Gonion, Mandibular Notch, Pogonion, Symphysion, Condylar Process, Condyloid Process, Mandibular Condyle, Coronoid Process Of The Mandible
Generic synonyms: Articulator, Jaw
Specialized synonyms: Lantern Jaw
Derivative terms: Mandibular
Definition of Mandibula
1. Noun. (anatomy) mandible ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Mandibula
1. Synonym: mandible. Origin: L. A jaw, fr. Mando, pp. Mansus, to chew (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandibula
Literary usage of Mandibula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oral anaesthesia ; local anaesthesia in the oral cavity by Kurt Hermann Thoma (1914)
"The Infiltration Method in the mandibula We have studied the lower jaw and found
it porous only in the mental fossa, and at the genial tubercles, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1860)
"The mandibula is very slightly concave, and ascends at an angle of about 40°.
... Tho upper profile is rounded, that of the mandibula very concave. ..."
3. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1882)
"They all have their origin on the occipital hone and are attached to the mandibula
behind the centre of motion, so as, by their simultaneous contraction, ..."
4. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1862)
"height of the body is more than the length of the mandibula, which is two-fifths
of that of the head. The length of the head is contained five times and ..."
5. A Familiar Introduction to the History of Insects: Being a New and Greatly by Edward Newman (1841)
"Linear mandibles or mandibula lineares, are those which are of uniform size ...
Toothed mandibles or mandibula dentata, are when the internal mandibles are ..."
6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"The dimensions of the mandibula, from the lateral protuberance of the ...
The mandibula on the hemiplegic side showed shortening in 12 cases (80 per cent. ..."
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