mentalis

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US/mɛnˈteɪ.lɪs/

noun

A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin; it originates in the incisive fossa of the mandible, inserts in the skin of the chin, and raises the chin and pushes up the lower lip.

OriginNew Latin mentālis →
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Meanings

nounmentalis (plural mentales)

plural mentales

  1. anatomyA paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin; it originates in the incisive fossa of the mandible, inserts in the skin of the chin, and raises the chin and pushes up the lower lip.

Origin

  1. New Latinmentālis
  2. Englishmentalis

Learned borrowing from New Latin mentālis, ellipsis of musculus mentālis (“the chin muscle”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 頦肌 /颏肌
  • 頦肌 /颏肌muscle
Finnish leuankärkilihas
  • leuankärkilihasmuscle
French muscle mentonnier
  • muscle mentonniermuscle
German Kinnmuskel
  • Kinnmuskelmuscle
Japanese 頤筋
  • 頤筋 (otogaikin)muscle

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mentalis

chehalisfrontalistemporalisansa cervicalislingualisnasalisoccipitalisoccipitofrontalisorbitalisvocalis
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Anagrams

smaltineSimentalmelastinStilemanmelanist
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APA

mentalis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mentalis

MLA

“mentalis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mentalis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mentalis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mentalis.

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