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The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.

The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.

Near to the maxilla or jawbone.

Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve.

See Premaxilla.

An intermaxilla.

See Premaxilla.

the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillæ become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone.

Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxillæ; intermaxillary. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the inner pterygoid plate, or pterygoid bone, and the lower jaw.

Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla.

Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland.

The supermaxilla.

Supermaxillary.

The upper jaw or maxilla.

Situated over the lower jaw; as, the supramaxillary nerve.

Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla.

ling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets. Alveolar processes, the processes of the maxillary bones, containing the sockets of the teeth.

Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written also barbel and barble.]