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mentalis

US/mɛnˈteɪ.lɪs/

mentalis 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.

Noun

mentalis (plural mentales)

  1. 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.

mentalis meaning in Tamil

mentalis in Tamil

மோவாயின், மோவாயில், மோவாய் தோல் சுருக்கு தசை

Forms of mentalis

pluralmentales

Origin of mentalis

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

Words that rhyme with mentalis

Questions about mentalis

What does mentalis mean?
Mentalis means 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.
What is mentalis in Tamil?
Mentalis in Tamil is மோவாயின், மோவாயில், மோவாய் தோல் சுருக்கு தசை. See Mentalis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mentalis?
Mentalis is a noun.
How do you pronounce mentalis?
Mentalis is pronounced /mɛnˈteɪ.lɪs/ (US).
What is the plural of mentalis?
The plural of mentalis is mentales.

Words near mentalis in the dictionary

  1. mentalcel
  2. mentalcels
  3. mentales
  4. mentalese
  5. mentaleses
  6. mentalis
  7. mentalisation
  8. mentalisations
  9. mentalise
  10. mentalised
  11. mentalises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mentalis (page history and authors); mentalis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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