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postmandibular

postmandibular adjective: posterior to the lower jaw.

Adjective

postmandibular (not comparable)

  1. Posterior to the lower jaw.

Origin of postmandibular

From post- + mandibular.

Questions about postmandibular

What does postmandibular mean?
Postmandibular means posterior to the lower jaw.
What part of speech is postmandibular?
Postmandibular is an adjective.

Words near postmandibular in the dictionary

  1. postmalarial
  2. postmammillary
  3. postman
  4. postman's knock
  5. postman's knocks
  6. postmandibular
  7. postmanipulation
  8. postmarathon
  9. postmarginal
  10. postmarital
  11. postmaritally

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