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man·di·ble

(măn′də-bəl)

1. The lower jaw of a vertebrate animal.

2. Either the upper or lower part of the beak in birds.

3. Any of various mouth organs of invertebrates used for seizing and biting food, especially either of a pair of such organs in insects and other arthropods.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin mandibula, from Latin mandere, to chew.]

man·dib′u·lar (-dĭb′yə-lər) adj.

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mandible

(ˈmændɪbəl)

1. (Zoology) the lower jawbone in vertebrates. See jaw¹

2. (Zoology) either of a pair of mouthparts in insects and other arthropods that are usually used for biting and crushing food

3. (Zoology) ornithol either the upper or the lower part of the bill, esp the lower part

[C16: via Old French from Late Latin mandibula jaw, from mandere to chew]

mandibular adj

mandibulate n, adj

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man•di•ble

(ˈmæn də bəl)

n.

1. the bone or bony composite comprising the lower jaw of vertebrates.

2. (in birds)

a. the lower part of the bill.

b. mandibles, the upper and lower parts of the bill.

3. (in arthropods) one of the first pair of mouthpart appendages, typically a biting organ.

[1375–1425; < Late Latin mandibula jaw =mandi- (comb. form of Latin mandere to chew) + Latin -bula suffix of means]

man•dib′u•lar (-ˈdɪb yə lər) man•dib′u•late, adj.

man·di·ble

(măn′də-bəl)

1. The lower part of the jaw in vertebrate animals. See more at skeleton.

2. One of the pincer-like mouthparts of insects and other arthropods.

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mandible

The lower jawbone.

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Noun

mandible - the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth

jawbone, jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla

gnathion - the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline

gonion - the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw

mandibular notch - small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone

pogonion - the craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin

symphysion - the most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible

articulator - a movable speech organ

condylar process, condyloid process, mandibular condyle - the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull

coronoid process of the mandible - the coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscle

jaw - the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

lantern jaw - a long thin lower jaw

Translations

kusadlo

MandibelUnterkiefer

alalõualuu

alaleuanluualaleukaleukaleukaraaja

mandibola

kaakonderkaak

żuchwa

mandible

[ˈmændɪbl] N → mandíbula f

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mandible

n (of vertebrates) → Unterkiefer(knochen) m, → Mandibel f (spec); mandibles (of insects) → Mundwerkzeuge pl, → Mundgliedmaßen pl, → Mandibel f (spec); (of birds) → Schnabel m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

man·di·ble

n. mandíbula, hueso de la quijada en forma de herradura.

mandible

n mandíbula inferior, mandíbula (fam)

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It is as flat and elastic as an ivory paper-cutter, and the lower mandible, differing from every other bird, is an inch and a half longer than the upper.

Lesson states that he has seen these birds opening the shells of the mactrae buried in the sand-banks on the coast of Chile: from their weak bills, with the lower mandible so much projecting, their short legs and long wings, it is very improbable that this can be a general habit.

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To sum up, then; in the Right Whale's there is no great well of sperm; no ivory teeth at all; no long, slender mandible of a lower jaw, like the Sperm Whale's.

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"'Four membranous wings covered with little colored scales of metallic appearance; mouth forming a rolled proboscis, produced by an elongation of the jaws, upon the sides of which are found the rudiments of mandibles and downy palpi; the inferior wings retained to the superior by a stiff hair; antennae in the form of an elongated club, prismatic; abdomen pointed, The Death's -- headed Sphinx has occasioned much terror among the vulgar, at times, by the melancholy kind of cry which it utters, and the insignia of death which it wears upon its corslet.'"

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How low in the scale of nature this law of battle descends, I know not; male alligators have been described as fighting, bellowing, and whirling round, like Indians in a war-dance, for the possession of the females; male salmons have been seen fighting all day long; male stag-beetles often bear wounds from the huge mandibles of other males.

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KEYWORDS: Fibrous dysplasia, Mandible, Conservative treatment.

Conservative treatment of Fibrous Dysplasia

Geometric morphometric, Cranium, Mandible, Eothenomys, Ecological adaptation.

Geometric Morphometry of Skulls Characteristics of Nine Species of Eothenomys

IMMEDIATE-FUNCTIONAL LOADING CONCEPT WITH ONE-PIECE IMPLANTS (BECES/BECES N/KOS/BOI) IN THE MANDIBLE AND MAXILLA- A MULTI-CENTER RETROSPECTIVE CLINICAL STUDY

CORRIGENDUM

Most common facial fractures are the mandibular angle fracture which constitutes 25% of all fractures.1 Angle fracture site had highest complication rate as compared to other site fractures of mandible and regarding its optimal treatment there was no consensus.

POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH MANDIBULAR ANGLE FRACTURE, TREATED BY SINGLE PLATE

e) Height of the skull with mandible (Hskm): Distance between the lines drawn between caudal margins of mandible to the middle point of the nuchal crest.

Morphological and Applied Anatomical Studies on the Head Region of Local Mizo Pig (Zovawk) of Mizoram/ Estudios Morfologicos y Anatomicos Aplicados en la Cabeza de Cerdo Local Mizo (Zovawk) de Mizoram

While any bone and bone structure can be infected, case reports regarding infection of the mandible are sparse.