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Maxilla   /mæksˈɪlə/   Listen
Maxilla

noun
(pl. maxillae)
1.
The jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium.  Synonyms: maxillary, upper jaw, upper jawbone.



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intermaxillary suture
sutura intermaxillaris


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"Maxilla" Quotes from Famous Books



... caput crassius, minus altum, declive. Os parvum. Maxilla inferior porifera, ore clauso ascendens, hinc, ore hiante, ultra maxillam speriorem ...
— Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. • J Lort Stokes


Words linked to "Maxilla" :   sutura intermaxillaris, jaw, maxillary, upper jaw, upper jawbone, hard palate


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