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stylomandibular

stylomandibular adjective: relating to the styloid process and the mandible; applied to a ligament that extends from near the apex of the styloid process of the temporal bone to the angle and posterior border of the angle of the mandible.

Adjective

stylomandibular (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the styloid process and the mandible; applied to a ligament that extends from near the apex of the styloid process of the temporal bone to the angle and posterior border of the angle of the mandible.

Origin of stylomandibular

From stylo- + mandibular.

Words that rhyme with stylomandibular

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Questions about stylomandibular

What does stylomandibular mean?
Stylomandibular means relating to the styloid process and the mandible; applied to a ligament that extends from near the apex of the styloid process of the temporal bone to the angle and posterior border of the angle of the mandible.
What part of speech is stylomandibular?
Stylomandibular is an adjective.

Words near stylomandibular in the dictionary

  1. styloidectomy
  2. styloids
  3. stylolite
  4. stylolites
  5. stylolitic
  6. stylomandibular
  7. stylomastoid
  8. stylomastoid foramen
  9. stylomastoid foramina
  10. stylomaxillary
  11. stylometer

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