SYN: mandible. [L. a jaw, fr. mando, pp. mansus, to chew]
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man·dib·u·la (man-dibґu-lə) gen. and pl. mandibґulae [L., from mandere to chew] [TA] the mandible: the horseshoe-shaped bone forming the lower jaw; the largest and strongest bone of the face, consisting of a body and a pair of rami, which articulate with the skull at the temporomandibular joints. mandibular adj
Mandibula (mandible).
Medical dictionary. 2011.