English

hemimandibular

From hemi- + mandibular.

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Latin mandō ‘to chew, masticate’

Latin mandibula ‘a jaw’

Today it means

adj Relating to, or affecting either half of a mandible

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hemimandibular