a. Anat. [SUB- 1 b, MENTAL a.2] Situated beneath the chin or under the edge of the lower jaw; chiefly in submental artery, vein. Also, pertaining to the submentum.

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1831.  R. Knox, Cloquet’s Anat., 653. The Sublingual Artery, which is sometimes a division of the submental.

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1849–5.  Todd’s Cycl. Anat., IV. 1404/2. The submental vein, which arises in the sublingual gland.

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1874.  Coues, Birds N. W., 617. Submental space partially feathered.

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1883.  Encycl. Brit., XV. 348/2. The submental gland of the Chevrotains.

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