articulatio temporomandibularis

1. 1.

   the joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone

   Synonymsmandibular jointtemporomandibular joint

   Broadersynovial joint

Questions about articulatio temporomandibularis

What does articulatio temporomandibularis mean?

articulatio temporomandibularis means "the joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone".

What is another word for articulatio temporomandibularis?

Close synonyms include mandibular joint, temporomandibular joint. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is articulatio temporomandibularis a common word?

articulatio temporomandibularis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.