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stylomandibular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sty-lo-mandibu-lar
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the styloid process and the mandible; applied to a ligament that extends from near the apex of the styloid process of the temporal bone to the angle and posterior border of the angle of the mandible.

Etymology

From stylo- + mandibular.

Word Breakdown

Rhymes With

vestibular mandibular temporomandibular submandibular craniomandibular intermandibular hyomandibular maxillomandibular retromandibular oromandibular sphenomandibular otomandibular

Questions

What does stylomandibular mean?
Relating to the styloid process and the mandible; applied to a ligament that extends from near the apex of the styloid process of the temporal bone to the angle and posterior border of the angle of the mandible.
Where does stylomandibular come from?
From stylo- + mandibular.

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