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Ramus

//ˈɹeɪməs// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A small spray or twig.
  2. 2
    the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical wordnet
  3. 3
    A branching, as of nerves or blood vessels.
  4. 4
    The stem of a barb of a feather, from which the barbules extend.
  5. 5
    A bony projection, particularly of the jaw, but also in the groin area, both subject to the maturing process of symphysis.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin rāmus (“branch”).

Etymology 2

Two main origins: * Borrowed from French Ramus, from Old French ramu (“branch”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in a wooded place. * Borrowed from Dutch Ramus, from a personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *hrabnaz (“raven”) and *waldą (“might, power, force”).

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