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subˈmental, a. Anat. [sub- 1 b, mental a.2] Situated beneath the chin or under the edge of the lower jaw; chiefly in submental artery, submental vein. Also, pertaining to the submentum.
1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 653 The Sublingual Artery, which is sometimes a division of the submental. 1849–52Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 1404/2 The submental vein, which arises in the sublingual gland. 1874Coues Birds N.W. 617 Submental space partially feathered. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 348/2 The submental gland of the Chevrotains. |