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mental spine (medicine) and addle (medicine)


mental spine (medicine)


mental spine


A slight projection, sometimes two, in the middle line of the posterior surface of the body of the mandible, giving attachment to the geniohyoid muscle (below) and the genioglossus (above).

Synonym: spina mentalis, genial tubercle.


addle (medicine)


addle


1. To earn by labour.

2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. "Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more." (Tusser)

Origin: OE. Adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. Fr. Icel. Oolask to acquire property, akin to ooal property. Cf. Allodial.

Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.

Source: Websters Dictionary