单词 | maxillar |
释义 | maxillaradj. Chiefly Medicine and Anatomy. Now rare. = maxillary adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [adjective] > jawbones > upper maxillary1626 maxillar1656 intermaxillar1801 maxilliform1850 premaxillary1851 premaxillo-maxillary1860 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Maxillar, belonging to the jaw-bone. 1682 T. Gibson Anat. (1697) p. iv The Parotides and maxillar glands convey the saliva into the mouth. 1722 Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 5 The external Maxillar Glands in Brutes are of the Conglomerate kind. 1858 C. Girard Fishes (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route to Pacific X) iv. 115 The maxillar teeth are well developed, especially upon the outer row. 1873 Catholic World Feb. 665/1 A relic which had long been venerated there as the maxillar bone of Magdalen. 1943 Ecol. Monogr. 13 435/2 The mean distance between the tips of the maxillar canines [of the red fox] was 0.83 in. 1991 Plastic & Reconstructive Surg. 88 421/1 Satisfactory outcomes have resulted in terms of maxillar development. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656 |
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