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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ramus \Ra"mus\ (r[=a]"m[u^]s), n.; pl. Rami (r[=a]"m[imac]).
   (Nat. Hist.)
   A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a
   ramification.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ramus
    n 1: the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less
         vertical