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Lower jaw-related
Answer for the clue "Lower jaw-related ", 10 letters:
mandibular
Word definitions for mandibular in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to the lower jaw [syn: inframaxillary ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Mandibular means "related to the mandible (lower jaw bone)". Terms containing "mandibular" include: Mandibular canal , a canal within the mandible that contains the inferior alveolar nerve, inferior alveolar artery, and inferior alveolar vein Mandibular ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from Latin mandibula (see mandible ) + -ar .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mandibular \Man*dib"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. mandibulaire.] Of or pertaining to a mandible; like a mandible. -- n. The principal mandibular bone; the mandible. Mandibular arch (Anat.), the most anterior visceral arch, -- that in which the mandible is developed. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to the mandible
Usage examples of mandibular.
The ophthalmic and maxillary nerves are sensory nerves, but the mandibular nerve is mixed.
Their only insectoid features, outside of the wings and arms that indicate three pairs of functional limbs, are some peculiarities of the mandibular substructure, and a few traces of exoskeleton.
He chortled gleefully as his mandibular appendages curled and uncurled and whipped the air.
To the south, behind the camp, the rumpled gray hills rose to obscure the horizon until they merged with the mandibular teeth of the glacier-patched western mountains.
Along the mandibular process there was scarring due to lesions of the gums, and places where the bone had been thinned and apparently eaten away.
The cop on duty grabbed him from behind, pinning one arm behind him with a come-along grip, and pressing a finger into the mandibular nerve behind his jaw.
In response to a muted mandibular click, a chronometer appeared briefly before him in the hot, humid air of the room.
Or perhaps the delicate, mandibular sensory apparatus of the bees detected something foreign.
As I was returning it to LSJML 38427,1 noticed a tiny nick on the right mandibular condyle.