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noun the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical
originTwo main origins: * Borrowed from French Ramus, from Old French ramu (“branch”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in a wooded place. * Borrowed from Dutch Ramus, from a personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *hrabnaz (“raven”) and *waldą (“might, power, force”).
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