(cooking) Synonym of medallion

plural of medaillon

(anatomy) A muscle that arises from the inner surface of the lateral pterygoid plate and from the palatine and maxillary bones, is inserted into the ramus and the gonial angle, cooperates with the masseter and temporalis in elevating the lower jaw, and controls certain lateral and rotary movements of the jaw.

(UK, historical) The English slang once used by medical students in London hospitals, involving deliberate spoonerisms.

(neuroanatomy) A branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the medial pterygoid muscle, tensor tympani, and tensor veli palatini.

(anatomy) A long narrow plate that forms the medial part of the pterygoid process, terminates in the pterygoid hamulus, and forms with its lateral surface part of the pterygoid fossa and with its medial surface the lateral boundary of a choana.

plural of medial rectus

Excitement for an event, phenomenon, etc. stirred by the mass media.

plural of median plane

plural of medical condition