mandibular

1. 1.

   relating to the lower jaw

   Synonymsinframaxillary

Questions about mandibular

What does mandibular mean?

mandibular means "relating to the lower jaw".

How many syllables are in mandibular?

mandibular has 4 syllables: man-dib-u-lar. The stress falls on "dib". In IPA it is /ˌmænˈdɪbjulɚ/.

What is another word for mandibular?

Close synonyms include inframaxillary. 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 mandibular a common word?

mandibular 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.