maxillary

2 definitions found

maxillary - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Maxillar \Max"il*lar\, Maxillary \Max"il*la*ry\, a. [L.
     maxillaris, fr. maxilla jawbone, jaw: cf. F. maxillaire.]
     1. (Anat.) Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw,
        but now usually applied to the upper jaw only. -- n. The
        principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a maxilla.
        [1913 Webster]

maxillary - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  maxillary
      adj 1: of or relating to the upper jaw
      n 1: the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium [syn:
           upper jaw, upper jawbone, maxilla, maxillary]