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Noun: mandibular joint
  1. The joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone
    "She experienced pain in her mandibular joint when chewing";
    - temporomandibular joint, articulatio temporomandibularis

Derived forms: mandibular joints

Type of: articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis, synovial joint