Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
maxillary .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a maxilla.
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- adjective
maxillary .
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Examples
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The caries located at the top of the root of the second premolar diffused to the first molar and finally caused and abcess in the jaw. a-Tarter located at the border between the crown and the roots of the incisors of the maxillar. b-Infection of the bone tissue causing recession of the alveolar bone.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Biological Anthropology Report 1 2003
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"The large maxillar fragment was directly dated to ... 14,100-14,600 BP (Before Present)," it said.
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_+B+etfage int {er} p {re} tat {ur} dom {us} bucce. {ue} l buccaru {m} siue maxillar {um}. ⁊ signif {icat} _ {40} _eccl {es} ia {m} in q {ua} bucce fungu {n} t {ur} off {ici} o suo pecc {at} a {con} fite {n} do uenia {m} postula {n} do. d {eu} m laudando.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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