jaw
(jo)
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1. Either or both of the maxillary and mandibular bones, bearing the teeth and forming the mouth framework.
JAW
2. The grasping part of a surgical instrument. The word is usually used in the plural.
JAW SWELLING
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Jaw." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736036/all/jaw.
Jaw. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736036/all/jaw. Accessed November 5, 2024.
Jaw. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736036/all/jaw
Jaw [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 05]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736036/all/jaw.
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