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.
| 1831 R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 653 The Sublingual Artery, which is sometimes a division of the submental. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 1404/2 The submental vein, which arises in the sublingual gland. 1874 Coues Birds N.W. 617 Submental space partially feathered. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 348/2 The submental gland of the Chevrotains. |