Etymology

temporalis

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Today it means: A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing. Full definition →

Late Latin temporālis
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  1. Late Latin · borrowed fromtemporālis“of or belonging to the temples of the head”
  2. English todaytemporalis

Borrowed from Late Latin temporālis (“of or belonging to the temples of the head”), ellipsis of mūsculus temporālis (“the temporal muscle”). Doublet of temporal.

Words from the same roots

Late Latintemporālis all →

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