maxillary : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: maxillary	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for maxillary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maxillary adj of or relating to the upper jaw n the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium [syn: upper jaw, upper jawbone, maxilla, maxillary]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maxillar \Max"illar\, Maxillary* \Max"illary\, a. [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. -- n. The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to a maxilla.