sphenomandibular
sphenomandibular adjective: relating to a ligament connecting the sphenoid bone and mandibular foramen that limits distension of the mandible in an inferior direction.
Adjective
sphenomandibular (not comparable)
- Relating to a ligament connecting the sphenoid bone and mandibular foramen that limits distension of the mandible in an inferior direction.
Origin of sphenomandibular
From spheno- + mandibular.
Words that rhyme with sphenomandibular
- vestibular
- hyomandibular
- submandibular
- audiovestibular
- branchiomandibular
- buccomandibular
- cerebrocostomandibular
- circummandibular
- cochleovestibular
- craniomandibular
- extravestibular
- hemimandibular
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- hypomandibular
- inframandibular
- intermandibular
- intervestibular
- intramandibular
- mandibular
- maxillomandibular
- micromandibular
- musculomandibular
- neurovestibular
- nonmandibular
- oculovestibular
- oromandibular
- otomandibular
- otovestibular
- paravestibular
- perimandibular
- premandibular
- rectovestibular
- retromandibular
- stylomandibular
- temporomandibular
- transmandibular
- visuovestibular
Questions about sphenomandibular
- What does sphenomandibular mean?
- Sphenomandibular means relating to a ligament connecting the sphenoid bone and mandibular foramen that limits distension of the mandible in an inferior direction.
- What part of speech is sphenomandibular?
- Sphenomandibular is an adjective.
Words near sphenomandibular in the dictionary
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