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Maxillary

adjective
1.
Of or relating to the upper jaw.



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"Maxillary" Quotes from Famous Books



... nerve or tendon produces great pain by its being inflamed or wounded, the patient sets his teeth firmly together, and grins violently, to diminish the pain; and if the pain is not relieved by this exertion, no relaxation of the maxillary muscles takes place, as in the convulsions above described, but the jaws remain firmly fixed together. This locked jaw is the most frequent instance of cataleptic spasm, because we are more inclined to exert the muscles subservient to ...
— Zoonomia, Vol. I - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin
 
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... gnathism, gnathic index, undershot, overshot, prognathous, prognathism, prognathic, orthognathous, orthognathism, mesognathous, gonion, paragnathous, inframaxillary, intermaxillary, submaxillary, maxillary, supramaxillary, admaxillary, lantern-jawed. ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming
 
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Words linked to "Maxillary" :   jaw, hard palate, sutura intermaxillaris



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