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temporalis

tem·po·ra·lis

UK/ˌtɛm.pəˈɹeɪ.lɪs/ uncommon

noun

1.

muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws

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Borrowed from Late Latin temporālis (“of or belonging to the temples of the head”), ellipsis of mūsculus temporālis (“the temporal muscle”). Doublet of temporal.

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