RAMUS (rami)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: rami   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ramus mean? 

• RAMUS (noun)
  The noun RAMUS has 1 sense:

1. the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical

  Familiarity information: RAMUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ramus" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "ramus"):

condylion (the craniometric point at the tip of the mandibular condyle)

 Context examples 

The lateral branch distal to a bifurcation of the ramus intermedius artery.

(Lateral Ramus Intermedius Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A small blood vessel between the internal pterygoid and the ramus of the jaw, which runs obliquely forward toward the outer surface of the buccinator.

(Buccal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common odontogenic tumor, arising from the epithelial component of the embryonic tooth and usually affecting the molar-ramus region of the mandible or maxilla.

(Ameloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)