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1. (n.) maxilla
an upper jaw or jawbone.
2. maxilla
one of the paired appendages immediately behind the mandibles of arthropods.
Etymology: (1670–80; < NL; L maxilla lower jaw, dim. of māla (<*maxlā) upper jaw, cheekbone)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) upper jaw, upper jawbone, maxilla, maxillary
the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) MAXILLA
the bone of either the upper or the under jaw
2. (noun) MAXILLA
the bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible
3. (noun) MAXILLA
one of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. MAXILLA
One of a pair of irregularly shaped bones that form the upper jaw. A maxillary bone provides tooth sockets for the superior teeth, forms part of the ORBIT, and contains the MAXILLARY SINUS.
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