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maxillary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæk.səˌlɛɹ.i/ (General-American)
• /makˈsɪl.ə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māxillāris (“of or belonging to the jaw”), from māxilla (“the jawbone, jaw”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to maxilla + -ary.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone.
2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the maxillae of an arthropod.

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Deriveds

palatomaxillary · internal maxillary artery · inframaxillary · pseudomaxillary · circummaxillary · tympanomaxillary · ethmomaxillary · intermaxillary · zygomaticomaxillary · jugomaxillary · rhinomaxillary · mandibulomaxillary · nasomaxillary · articulomaxillary · supermaxillary · frontomaxillary · maxillary vein · supramaxillary · maxillary artery · labiomaxillary · pterygomaxillary · coronomaxillary · dentomaxillary · oromaxillary · antennomaxillary · postmaxillary · orbitomaxillary · stylomaxillary · premaxillomaxillary · temporomaxillary · promaxillary · craniomaxillary · maxillary sinus · intramaxillary · pharyngomaxillary · premaxillary · admaxillary · septomaxillary · zygomaxillary · bimaxillary · sphenomaxillary · odontomaxillary · submaxillary · maxillary nerve · faciomaxillary · retromaxillary · maxillary palp · external maxillary artery · paramaxillary

Translations (24)

sk maxilárny (of or pertaining to the jaw) · pl szczękowy (of or pertaining to the jaw) · cs maxilární (of or pertaining to the jaw) · uk ще́лепний (of or pertaining to the jaw) · be скі́вічны (of or pertaining to the jaw) · fr maxillaire (of or pertaining to the jaw) · cs čelistní (of or pertaining to the jaw) · fi maksillaarinen (of or pertaining to the jaw) · ru челюстно́й (of or pertaining to the jaw) · sl čeljusten (of or pertaining to the jaw) · pt maxilar (of or pertaining to the jaw) · ar فَكِّيّ (of or pertaining to the jaw) · sk čeľustný (of or pertaining to the jaw) · de maxillär (of or pertaining to the jaw) · de maxillar (of or pertaining to the jaw) · es maxilar (of or pertaining to the jaw) · cmn 上頜的 /上颌的 (of or pertaining to the jaw) · it massillare (of or pertaining to the jaw) · it mascellare (of or pertaining to the jaw) · de Kiefer- (of or pertaining to the jaw) · tr maksiller (of or pertaining to the jaw) · tr çenesel (of or pertaining to the jaw) · bg че́люстен (of or pertaining to the jaw) · fi leuka- (of or pertaining to the jaw)

maxillary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæk.səˌlɛɹ.i/ (General-American)
• /makˈsɪl.ə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māxillāris (“of or belonging to the jaw”), from māxilla (“the jawbone, jaw”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to maxilla + -ary.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of maxilla.
   alt of maxilla
   • Neoplastic localisations in the maxillaries can be distinguished between primitive tumour lesions with osteomedullary origin (osteoma, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, myeloma, etc.) and secondary neoplasms of the maxillaries such as the hematogenous metastasis or the tumours which affect the maxillaries for their adjacency, for example, the lesions in the oral cavity and the salivary glands. 2014, Ignazio Pandolfo, Silvio Mazziotti, Orthopantomography, page 148:
   • In the RODENTIA the interorbital space is still larger, by reason of the size of the intermaxillary bones throwing the maxillary backwards and to the sides, where they form the inner orbitar wall, in which the palate bones occupy only a small space. The anterior wall is formed by a process of the maxillary, which contributes to form the zygomatic arch, while the malar is suspended in the middle between the process and that of the temporal bone. 1842, Encyclopaedia Britannica, page 5:
2. A tooth growing from the upper jawbone.
   • A tendon extends from the inner surface of the dentary to the postero-lateral surface of the maxillary near the ball and socket joint. 1928, Edna May Keeler, A Comparative Study of the Muscles Controlling the Maxillary Tentacles of the Siluridae, page 42:

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