mandibular
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See also: mandibulär
English
Etymology
From Latin mandibula + -ar. By surface analysis, mandible + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /manˈdɪb.jʊl.ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /mænˈdɪb.jəl.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)
Adjective
mandibular (not comparable)
- (anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the mandible.
- Synonym: (archaic) mandibulary
- 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 28:
- The head produces a mandibular gland pheromone composed of ketones, the thorax lacks large glands, and the abdomen contains the venom and the Nasonov gland that produces lemon oil compounds.
Coordinate terms
- anterior
- apical
- apicocoronal
- axial
- buccal
- buccoapical
- buccocervical
- buccogingival
- buccolabial
- buccolingual
- bucco-occlusal
- buccopalatal
- cervical
- coronal
- coronoapical
- distal
- distoapical
- distobuccal
- distocclusal
- distocervical
- distoclusal
- distocoronal
- distofacial
- distogingival
- distoincisal
- distolingual
- disto-occlusal
- distopalatal
- facial
- gingival
- incisal
- incisocervical
- inferior
- labial
- lingual
- linguobuccal
- linguo-occlusal
- mandibular
- maxillary
- mesial
- mesioapical
- mesiobuccal
- mesiocclusal
- mesiocervical
- mesioclusal
- mesiocoronal
- mesiodistal
- mesiofacial
- mesiogingival
- mesioincisal
- mesiolingual
- mesio-occlusal
- mesiopalatal
- occlusal
- palatal
- posterior
- proximal
- superior
- vestibular
Derived terms
- branchiomandibular
- buccomandibular
- cerebrocostomandibular
- circummandibular
- coracomandibular
- craniomandibular
- hemimandibular
- hyomandibular
- hypomandibular
- inframandibular
- intermandibular
- intramandibular
- mandibular artery
- mandibular canal
- mandibular nerve
- mandibular pheromone
- mandibulo-
- maxillomandibular
- micromandibular
- musculomandibular
- nonmandibular
- oromandibular
- otomandibular
- perimandibular
- postmandibular
- premandibular
- preoperculomandibular
- queen mandibular pheromone
- retromandibular
- sphenomandibular
- stylomandibular
- submandibular
- temporomandibular
- transmandibular
- tympanomandibular
Related terms
Translations
of or pertaining to the mandible
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References
- “mandibular”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “mandibular”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “mandibular, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
mandibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural mandibulars)
Related terms
Further reading
- “mandibular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , April 2007
- “mandibular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “mandibular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mandibular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Adjective
mandibular m or f (plural mandibulares)
Related terms
Further reading
- “mandibular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Interlingua
Adjective
mandibular (not comparable)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adjective
mandibular m or f (plural mandibulares, not comparable)
Related terms
Further reading
- “mandibular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French mandibulaire.
Adjective
mandibular m or n (feminine singular mandibulară, masculine plural mandibulari, feminine and neuter plural mandibulare)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | mandibular | mandibulară | mandibulari | mandibulare | |||
| definite | mandibularul | mandibulara | mandibularii | mandibularele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | mandibular | mandibulare | mandibulari | mandibulare | |||
| definite | mandibularului | mandibularei | mandibularilor | mandibularelor | ||||
Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
mandibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural mandibulares)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “mandibular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , December 10 2024