MAXILLARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maxillary mean? 

• MAXILLARY (noun)
  The noun MAXILLARY has 1 sense:

1. the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium

  Familiarity information: MAXILLARY used as a noun is very rare.

• MAXILLARY (adjective)
  The adjective MAXILLARY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the upper jaw

  Familiarity information: MAXILLARY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAXILLARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

maxilla; maxillary; upper jaw; upper jawbone

Hypernyms ("maxillary" is a kind of...):

jaw (the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth)

Meronyms (parts of "maxillary"):

hard palate (the bony part of the roof of the mouth)

intermaxillary suture; sutura intermaxillaris (the suture between the two maxillae of the upper jawbone)

Derivation:

maxillary (of or relating to the upper jaw)

• MAXILLARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the upper jaw

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

maxilla (the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium)

Derivation:

maxilla (the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium)

 Context examples 

Patients with nasal squamous cell carcinoma usually present earlier than patients with maxillary sinus carcinoma and have a better prognosis compared to the latter group.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation of the maxillary sinus that typically lasts beyond eight weeks.

(Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the maxillary sinus.

(Benign Maxillary Sinus Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Paranasal sinuses are named after the bones that contain them: frontal (the lower forehead), maxillary (cheekbones), ethmoid (beside the upper nose), and sphenoid (behind the nose).

(Paranasal sinus, NCI Dictionary)

There are four paranasal sinuses on each side of the face: ethmoid, frontal, maxillary, and sphenoid sinus.

(Paranasal sinus, NCI Thesaurus)

Air-filled extensions of the respiratory part of the nasal cavity into the frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid, and maxillary cranial bones.

(Paranasal sinus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the mucosal epithelial surface of the ethmoid, frontal, maxillary, or sphenoid sinus.

(Paranasal Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Seven bones contribute to the structure of the orbit: the frontal, maxillary, zygomatic, sphenoid, lacrimal, ethmoid, and palatine bones.

(Murine Orbit, NCI Thesaurus)

A branch of the maxillary artery that is found in the gingiva, premolars, and molars.

(Alveolar Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Coronal images of the maxillary and mandibular teeth are recorded.

(Bitewing Radiograph, NCI Thesaurus)