Definition of Mandible

1. Noun. The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.


Definition of Mandible

1. n. The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds.

Definition of Mandible

1. Noun. The lower jaw, especially the lower jawbone. ¹

2. Noun. One of a pair of mouthparts of an arthropod designed for holding food. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mandible

1. the bone of the lower jaw [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mandible

1. The jaw bone. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandible

mandelate
mandelates
mandelbug
mandelbugs
mandelic
mandelic acid
mandelic acids
mandella
mandellas
mandelonitrile
mandelonitrile lyase
mandelstein
mandelytropine
mandement
mandement van spolie
mandible (current term)
mandibles
mandibula
mandibulae
mandibular
mandibular advancement
mandibular arch
mandibular axis
mandibular bone
mandibular canal
mandibular cartilage
mandibular condyle
mandibular dentition
mandibular disk
mandibular foramen

Literary usage of Mandible

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

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"There was a scar, 4 centimeters long, along the ramus of the mandible on the left ... At operation there was found a cyst of the mandible extending from the ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(e) The Maxilla and the mandible In the region of the jaws, fracture is not ... A fracture of the lower jaw (mandible) is usually easily recognized, ..."

3. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"Elevation of the mandible or closure of the mouth is brought about by a reverse series of changes in both compartments of the joint. ..."

4. The Crayfish: An Introduction to the Study of Zoology by Thomas Henry Huxley (1880)
"... ridge is continued into a process by which the mandible articulates with the ... internal, and ar'. external articular process of the mandible ; bp, ..."

5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"Scheme showing ossification of mandible from the outer side (Low). ... The changes which the mandible undergoes after birth relate (1) to the alterations ..."

6. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1901)
"Elevation of the mandible or closure of the mouth is brought about by a reverse series of changes in both compartments of the joint. ..."

7. The Popular Science Monthly (1872)
"Termination of the Jaw, or mandible.—a, Row of Teeth on the I law; lj. ... The test two are only risible when the mandible has been carefull; bleached with ..."

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