Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

temporomandibular joint

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: tem-poro-mandibu-lar joint
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The joint on either side of the human head where the jaw (mandible) meets the skull (at the temporal bone).

Inflected Forms

temporomandibular joints (plural) TMJ (abbreviation)

Synonyms

TMJ TM joint mandibular joint articulatio temporomandibularis

Questions

What does temporomandibular joint mean?: The joint on either side of the human head where the jaw (mandible) meets the skull (at the temporal bone).

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