Definition of Mandibular

1. Adjective. Relating to the lower jaw.

Exact synonyms: Inframaxillary
Partainyms: Mandible, Mandible
Derivative terms: Mandible

Definition of Mandibular

1. a. Of or pertaining to a mandible; like a mandible.

Definition of Mandibular

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the mandible ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mandibular

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Mandibular

1. Pertaining to your lower jaw (08 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandibular

mandelic
mandelic acid
mandelic acids
mandella
mandellas
mandelonitrile
mandelonitrile lyase
mandelstein
mandelytropine
mandement
mandement van spolie
mandible
mandibles
mandibula
mandibulae
mandibular (current term)
mandibular advancement
mandibular arch
mandibular axis
mandibular bone
mandibular canal
mandibular cartilage
mandibular condyle
mandibular dentition
mandibular disk
mandibular foramen
mandibular fossa
mandibular fractures
mandibular gland
mandibular guide prosthesis

Literary usage of Mandibular

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE SKULL The movable articulations of the skull comprise (1) the mandibular; and (2) those between the skull and the vertebral column, ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"V. Articulation of the Lower Jaw (Temporo-mandibular). ... The ligaments are the following : External Lateral. Stylo-mandibular. Internal Lateral. Capsular. ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The lower deep branches supply the Buccinator and Orbicularis oris, and join with filaments of the buccinator branch of the mandibular nerve. ..."

4. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"A quite complete cranium with one mandibular ranius of a smaller ... one upper tooth and several pieces, somewhat fragmentary, of the mandibular ramus. ..."

5. Monograph of the Fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic Formationsby Richard Owen by Richard Owen (1871)
"Left mandibular ramus; nat. size. Hind part of left mandibular ramus ; nat. size. Portion of right mandibular ramus; nat. size. Worn molar; magn. 3 diam. ..."

6. Practical orthodontia by Martin Dewey (1919)
"¡the mesio-buccal inclined plane of the lingual cusp of the mandibular second premolar (bicuspid). It lie disto-buccal inclined plane of tlie buccal cusp of ..."

7. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"Section of left mandibular ramus. After Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc., Vol. ... Section of mandibular ramus from Maryland, distal of the middle. ..."

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