mandibular

See also: mandibulär

English

Etymology

From mandible +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈdɪb.jʊl.ə/
• IPA^(key): /mænˈdɪb.jəl.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

mandibular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the mandible.

   Synonym: (archaic) mandibulary

   • 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, p. 28

     The head produces a mandibular gland pheromone composed of ketones, the thorax lacks large glands, and the abdomen contains the venom and the Nasonov gland that produces lemon oil compounds.

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

• branchiomandibular
• buccomandibular
• cerebrocostomandibular
• circummandibular
• craniomandibular
• hemimandibular
• hyomandibular
• hypomandibular
• inframandibular
• intermandibular
• intramandibular
• mandibular artery
• mandibular canal
• mandibular nerve
• mandibulo-
• maxillomandibular
• micromandibular
• musculomandibular
• nonmandibular
• oromandibular
• otomandibular
• perimandibular
• premandibular
• preoperculomandibular
• retromandibular
• sphenomandibular
• stylomandibular
• submandibular
• temporomandibular
• transmandibular

 

Related terms

• mandibulary
• mandibulate

Translations

of or pertaining to the mandible

• Catalan: mandibular
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下頜的／下颌的, 下颌的 (xiàhé de, (Taiwan) xiàgé de)

• Finnish: alaleuan (fi) (genitive of noun), mandibulaarinen (fi)
• Galician: mandibular
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: mandibulär (de)
• Italian: mandibolare (it)
• Portuguese: mandibular
• Spanish: mandibular

References

• “mandibular”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “mandibular”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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Catalan

Adjective

mandibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural mandibulars)

1. mandibular

Related terms

• mandíbula

Further reading

• “mandibular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mandibular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mandibular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mandibular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Adjective

mandibular m or f (plural mandibulares)

1. mandibular

Related terms

• mandíbula

Further reading

• “mandibular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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Interlingua

Adjective

mandibular (not comparable)

1. mandibular

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Portuguese

Adjective

mandibular m or f (plural mandibulares, not comparable)

1. mandibular

Related terms

• mandíbula

Further reading

• “mandibular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Romanian

Etymology

From French mandibulaire.

Adjective

mandibular m or n (feminine singular mandibulară, masculine plural mandibulari, feminine and neuter plural mandibulare)

1. mandibular

Declension

Declension of mandibular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	mandibular		mandibulară	mandibulari	mandibulare
	definite	mandibularul		mandibulara	mandibularii	mandibularele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	mandibular		mandibulare	mandibulari	mandibulare
	definite	mandibularului		mandibularei	mandibularilor	mandibularelor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mandibuˈlaɾ/ [mãn̪.d̪i.β̞uˈlaɾ]

Adjective

mandibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural mandibulares)

1. mandibular

Derived terms

• esfenomandibular
• retromandibular
• submandibular

Related terms

• mandíbula

Further reading

• “mandibular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014