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单词 maxillar
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maxillaradj.

Brit. /makˈsɪlə/, U.S. /mækˈsɪlər/, /ˈmæksələr/
Forms: 1500s maxillares (plural), 1600s– maxillar.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin maxillāris.
Etymology: < classical Latin maxillāris belonging to the jaw, molar < maxilla maxilla n. + -āris -ar suffix1. Compare maxillary adj.It is uncertain whether the following use apparently as noun should be taken as showing an English or Latin word (compare early use of molar n. in plural form molares):1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 13 Now of the Grinders, called Maxillares, or Molares. U.S. dictionaries consistently indicate stress on the first syllable, but several 19th-cent. British dictionaries (e.g. Walker, the Imperial 1882, and the Encyclopædic) give stress on the second; Walker indicates a pronunciation /maɡˈzɪlə/.
Chiefly Medicine and Anatomy. Now rare.
= maxillary adj. 1.
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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).
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