maxillary
Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone.
Adjective
- Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone.
- Of or pertaining to the maxillae of an arthropod.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin māxillāris (“of or belonging to the jaw”), from māxilla (“the jawbone, jaw”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to maxilla + -ary.
Forms
Derived
admaxillary antennomaxillary articulomaxillary bimaxillary circummaxillary coronomaxillary craniomaxillary dentomaxillary ethmomaxillary external maxillary artery faciomaxillary frontomaxillary inframaxillary intermaxillary internal maxillary artery intramaxillary jugomaxillary labiomaxillary mandibulomaxillary maxillary artery maxillary nerve maxillary palp maxillary sinus maxillary vein
Noun
- Alternative form of maxilla.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...