ramus

[ rey-muhs ]

noun

, Botany, Zoology, Anatomy.

, plural ra·mi [rey, -mahy].

1. a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.

ramus

/ ˈreɪməs /

noun

1. the barb of a bird's feather
2. either of the two parts of the lower jaw of a vertebrate
3. any part or organ that branches from another part

Word History and Origins

Origin of ramus¹

1795–1805; < Latin rāmus branch, twig, bough; akin to rādīx root ¹ ( radix )

Word History and Origins

Origin of ramus¹

C19: from Latin: branch

Example Sentences

The mouse sensory barrel cortex was activated by stimulation of the contralateral ramus infraorbitalis of the trigeminal nerve using a set of custom-made bipolar electrodes inserted percutaneously.

From Nature

The tumor first appears in the depression between the mastoid process and the ramus of the jaw, which it fills up, and at the same time thrusts outward the lobe of the ear.

From Project Gutenberg

The horizontal ramus, long, straight, and compressed, gradually narrows towards the symphysis, where it expands laterally to form with the ankylosed opposite ramus the wide, semicircular, shallow alveolar border for the incisor teeth.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Isopoda the respiratory function has been taken over by the abdominal appendages, both rami or only the inner becoming thin or flattened.

From Project Gutenberg

Were these expressions merely jocular, or have any papal canonists or casuists given the title of fili�, nepotes or rami to offences deducible from the same root?

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