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Webster 1913 Edition
Maxillary
{
Max′il-lar
,Max′il-la-ry
, }Adj.
[L.
maxillaris
, fr. maxilla
jawbone, jaw: cf. F. maxillaire
.] 1.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only.
– Noun.
The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.
2.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to a maxilla.