submaxillan.
/ˌsʌbmakˈsɪlə/, U.S. /ˌsəbmækˈsɪlə/ Anatomy and Zoology. Now rare.
The bone, or a bone, of the lower jaw; the mandible.
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jowlOE
chin-bonec1000
cheek boneOE
chaft-bonea1300
mandible?a1425
chawle-bone1430
jawbone1490
chaw-bone1546
choule1573
chap1575
mandibula1704
inferior maxilla1846
submaxilla1877
1877 Missouri Dental Jrnl. 9 414 The absence of this pathognomonic datum will mislead you if you do not assure yourself from the first, as you have seen me, with exterior and certain characteristics, in regard to tumefaction of the sub-maxilla.
1901 Railway Surgeon 8 166/2 I find no enlarged glands beneath the submaxilla.
1941 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 44 408 (table) Dorsally bounded by the submaxilla, posteriorly attached to the palatine by cartilage.
1999 J. Z. Grover Northern Waters v. 52 The underside of his jaw was waxy white, the skin over his submaxilla pierced by ten sensory pores.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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