Meanings
plural mandibulae
- obsoleteObsolete form of mandible.
Even a vasocompression between C-Spine and mandibula during a hyperinclination trauma can lead to a dissection of the internal carotid artery (ICA) [ 1, 2 ].
2015 July 22, Moritz Crönlein et al., “Traumatic bilateral carotid artery dissection following severe blunt trauma: a case report on the difficulties in diagnosis and therapy of an often overlooked life-threatening injury”, in European Journal of Medical Research, volume 20, →DOI, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinmandibula“a jaw”
- Englishmandibula
Unadapted borrowing from Late Latin mandibula (“a jaw”), from mandō (“to chew, masticate”) + -bula (instrument noun suffix).
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