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temporalis

/ˌtɛm.pəˈɹeɪ.lɪs/

temporalis noun: a fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.

Noun

temporalis (plural temporales)

  1. A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.
    Synonyms:
    temporal muscle

temporalis meaning in Tamil

temporalis in Tamil

பொட்டுத்தசை

Synonyms of temporalis

Forms of temporalis

pluraltemporales

Origin of temporalis

Borrowed from Late Latin temporālis (“of or belonging to the temples of the head”), ellipsis of mūsculus temporālis (“the temporal muscle”). Doublet of temporal.

Words that rhyme with temporalis

Questions about temporalis

What does temporalis mean?
Temporalis means a fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.
What is temporalis in Tamil?
Temporalis in Tamil is பொட்டுத்தசை. See Temporalis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is temporalis?
Temporalis is a noun.
How do you pronounce temporalis?
Temporalis is pronounced /ˌtɛm.pəˈɹeɪ.lɪs/.
What is the plural of temporalis?
The plural of temporalis is temporales.

Words near temporalis in the dictionary

  1. temporal muscles
  2. temporal organ
  3. temporal organs
  4. temporale
  5. temporales
  6. temporalis
  7. temporalise
  8. temporalised
  9. temporalises
  10. temporalising
  11. temporalism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: temporalis (page history and authors); temporalis (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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