English Explanatory Dictionary

maxillary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone.
  2. Of or pertaining to the maxillae of an arthropod.
noun
  1. Alternative form of maxilla.
  2. A tooth growing from the upper jawbone.

Pronunciation

/makˈsɪl.ə.ɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-maxillary.wav /ˈmæk.səˌlɛɹ.i/

Word forms

maxillary maxillar maxillaries

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.

Derived words

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 nasomaxillary odontomaxillary orbitomaxillary oromaxillary palatomaxillary paramaxillary pharyngomaxillary postmaxillary premaxillary premaxillomaxillary promaxillary pseudomaxillary pterygomaxillary retromaxillary rhinomaxillary septomaxillary sphenomaxillary stylomaxillary submaxillary supermaxillary supramaxillary temporomaxillary tympanomaxillary zygomaticomaxillary zygomaxillary
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