JAW

n. Ja4. Gr., yfaflos Lat.. maxilla. Fr., m . Ger., Kiefer, Kinnbacken. It., mascella, ganascia. Sp., quijada. A bone or a bony structure forming a portion, fixed or movable, of the apparatus 'by which the teeth are brought together; also, in the lower animals, any structure serving a similar purpose; of an instrument, either one of the opposing parts by which it is made to grasp an object. Big-j. A common term in Montana for actinomycosis. [J. IAW. "Med. News," Dec. 22, 1883. p. 695.] Locked j., Lock-J. See TRISMUS. Lumpy j. A popular term for actinomycosis. Woirs-j. See Complicated RARE-LIP. [s. 512]