maxillary

• maxillar

Borrowed from Latin māxillāris (“of or belonging to the jaw”), from māxilla (“the jawbone, jaw”) +‎ -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to maxilla +‎ -ary.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /makˈsɪl.ə.ɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmæk.səˌlɛɹ.i/
• Rhymes: -ɪləɹi, -æksɪlɛəɹi

maxillary (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone.
2. (zootomy) Of or pertaining to the maxillae of an arthropod.

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

maxillary (plural maxillaries)

1. (anatomy) Alternative form of maxilla.
   • 1842, Encyclopaedia Britannica, page 5:

     In the RODENTIA the interorbital space is still larger, by reason of the size of the intermaxillary bones throwing the maxillary backwards and to the sides, where they form the inner orbitar wall, in which the palate bones occupy only a small space. The anterior wall is formed by a process of the maxillary, which contributes to form the zygomatic arch, while the malar is suspended in the middle between the process and that of the temporal bone.

   • 2014, Ignazio Pandolfo, Silvio Mazziotti, Orthopantomography, page 148:

     Neoplastic localisations in the maxillaries can be distinguished between primitive tumour lesions with osteomedullary origin (osteoma, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, myeloma, etc.) and secondary neoplasms of the maxillaries such as the hematogenous metastasis or the tumours which affect the maxillaries for their adjacency, for example, the lesions in the oral cavity and the salivary glands.

2. (anatomy) A tooth growing from the upper jawbone.
   • 1928, Edna May Keeler, A Comparative Study of the Muscles Controlling the Maxillary Tentacles of the Siluridae, page 42:

     A tendon extends from the inner surface of the dentary to the postero-lateral surface of the maxillary near the ball and socket joint.

• “maxillary”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “maxilla”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.