Maxilla Definition

măk-sĭlə
maxillae, maxillas
noun
maxillae
Either of a pair of bones of the human skull fusing in the midline and forming the upper jaw.
American Heritage Medicine
In vertebrates, the upper jaw, or a major bone or cartilage of the upper jaw.
Webster's New World
In most arthropods, as insects or crabs, one of the first or second pair of accessory jaws or head appendages situated just behind the mandibles.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Maxilla

Noun

Singular:
maxilla
Plural:
maxill, maxillae, maxillas

Origin of Maxilla

  • From Latin maxilla (“jaw"), a diminutive of māla (“jaw").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin jawbone

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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