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TMJD

TMJD is the initialism of temporomandibular joint dysfunction.

Meaning of temporomandibular joint dysfunction

Noun

temporomandibular joint dysfunction (plural temporomandibular joint dysfunctions)

  1. An umbrella term covering pain and dysfunction of the muscles of mastication (the muscles that move the jaw) and the temporomandibular joints (the joints which connect the mandible to the skull).
    Synonyms:
    temporomandibular joint disorder, temporomandibular joint syndrome, TMD, TMJD

Forms of TMJD

pluralTMJDs
alternative formtemporomandibular joint disorder
alternative formtemporomandibular disorder
alternative formTMD

Questions about TMJD

What is TMJD the initialism of?
TMJD is the initialism of temporomandibular joint dysfunction.

Words near TMJD in the dictionary

  1. tmg
  2. TMH
  3. TMI
  4. TMIs
  5. TMJ
  6. TMJD
  7. TMJDs
  8. TMJs
  9. TMK
  10. tmkpr
  11. TMML

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Adapted from Wiktionary: TMJD (page history and authors); temporomandibular joint dysfunction (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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