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CORONOID PROCESS OF THE MANDIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coronoid process of the mandible mean? 

CORONOID PROCESS OF THE MANDIBLE (noun)
  The noun CORONOID PROCESS OF THE MANDIBLE has 1 sense:

1. the coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscleplay

  Familiarity information: CORONOID PROCESS OF THE MANDIBLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CORONOID PROCESS OF THE MANDIBLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("coronoid process of the mandible" is a kind of...):

coronoid process; processus coronoideus (a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone)

Meronyms (parts of "coronoid process of the mandible"):

coronion (the craniometric point at the tip of the coronoid process of the mandible)

Holonyms ("coronoid process of the mandible" is a part of...):

jawbone; jowl; lower jaw; lower jawbone; mandible; mandibula; mandibular bone; submaxilla (the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth)


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