Maxillary

Definition: Maxillary

Maxillary

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the upper jaw.

Date "maxillary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Maxillary

Domain	Definitions
Health	Pertaining to the maxilla : the irregularly shaped bone that with its fellow forms the upper jaw. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Maxillary

English words defined with "maxillary": alveolar artery, Alveolar processes, arteria alveolaris, arteria buccalis, arteria infraorbitalis ♦ buccal artery ♦ external maxillary artery ♦ infraorbital artery, Intermaxillary, internal maxillary artery ♦ Longipalp ♦ Maxillar, maxillary artery, maxillary sinus, maxillary vein, Maxillo-palatine, Maxilloturbinal, middle meningeal artery ♦ Opisthoglypha ♦ Palpator, Palpicorn, Palpus, Poison fang, Premaxilla, Premaxillary, pterygoid plexus ♦ Securipalp ♦ Venomous snake. (references)

Specialty definitions using "maxillary": Centric Relation ♦ Dental Articulators, Denture, Complete, Upper ♦ infraorbital canal ♦ Jaw Neoplasms ♦ maxillary denture, Maxillary Fractures, Maxillary Neoplasms, Maxillary Nerve, Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms, Maxillary Sinusitis ♦ ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON, oral surgeo, Oroantral Fistula ♦ Palatal Expansion Technique, Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms, Paranasal Sinuses ♦ suborbital canal ♦ Temporal Arteries, Trigeminal Ganglion, Trigeminal Nerve Diseases ♦ zygomatic nerve. (references)

Etymologies containing "maxillary": Admaxillary ♦ inframaxillary ♦ Pterygomaxillary. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Maxillary

Domain	Title
Books	Maxillary implants : a dynamic approach to oral implantology (reference) Midface, maxillary skeletal structures and dentition (reference) Midface: Maxillary Bone and Dentition (reference) Rapid maxillary expansion (reference) The Maxillary Sinus and Its Dental Implications (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Maxillary

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Infection in the maxillary sinuses can cause your upper jaw and teeth to ache and your cheeks to become tender to the touch. (references)
		With the patient's mouth partially open, visually examine the labial mucosa and sulcus of the maxillary vestibule and frenum and the mandibular vestibule. (references)
		Characteristic facial features may include an underdeveloped upper jaw bone (maxillary hypoplasia), an abnormally prominent brow, downslanting eyelid folds (palpebral fissures), widely spaced eyes (hypertelorism), large ears, and unusually thick eyebrows. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Maxillary

"Maxillary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Maxillary" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	7	133,076

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Maxillary

Expressions using "maxillary": external maxillary artery ♦ internal maxillary artery ♦ Maxillary Artery ♦ maxillary denture ♦ Maxillary Fractures ♦ maxillary gland ♦ Maxillary Neoplasms ♦ Maxillary Nerve ♦ Maxillary Sinus ♦ Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms ♦ Maxillary Sinusitis ♦ maxillary vein. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "maxillary": fascio-maxillary, sub-maxillary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Maxillary

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
maxillary sinus	24	cyst maxillary mucus retention sinus	3
maxillary sinusitis	9	infection maxillary sinus	3
maxillary	8	cancer maxillary sinus	2
antrostomy maxillary	6	cyst maxillary retention sinus	2
maxillary sinus cyst	4	frog maxillary tooth	2
excess maxillary vertical	4	case excess maxillary photo vertical	2
maxillary sinuses	4	hypoplasia maxillary	2
cyst maxillary	4	maxillary sinusotomy	2
acute maxillary sinusitis	4	maxillary tooth	2
alveolitis maxillary	3	disease maxillary sinus	2
maxillary osteotomy	3	fixation inter maxillary	2
antrum maxillary	3
		fixation inter maxillary	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Maxillary

Language		Translations for "maxillary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		nofull (chap, chuck, jaw, jawbone, jowl), i nofullës. (various references)

Bulgarian		челюстен (gnathic). (various references)

Chinese		上�"骨. (various references)

Danish		maxillaris. (various references)

Dutch		maxillair. (various references)

Finnish		maksillaarinen, yläleuka-, yläleuanpuoleinen. (various references)

French		maxillaire (maxilla). (various references)

German		maxillaris, maxillar, maxillär. (various references)

Greek		γναθικός, γναθιαίος, άνω γνάθοσ (maxilla), άνω γναθικός. (various references)

Hebrew		לסתי. (various references)

Hungarian		felsõ állkapocs-, felső állkapocs. (various references)

Italian		mascellare (coaming, coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming, jaw). (various references)

Pig Latin		axillarymay

Portuguese		maxilar (chap, jaw, Maxim), semente de dormideira. (various references)

Romanian		maxilar. (various references)

Russian		верхнечелюстной, максиллярный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		maksilarni (intermaxillary). (various references)

Spanish		maxilar (jaw, jawbone). (various references)

Thai		เกี่ยวกับขากรรไกรบน. (various references)

Turkish		çene kemiğine ait (maxillar). (various references)

Ukranian		верхньощелепний. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Maxillary

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	maxillaris. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Maxillary

Derivations
	Words ending with "maxillary": premaxillary, submaxillary. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Maxillary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mamillary, maxilar, Meillerie, mobiliary. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Maxillary

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-l-m-r-x-y"
	-1 letter: axillary.
	-2 letters: armilla, axially, axillar, maxilla.
	-3 letters: axilla.
	-4 letters: alarm, alary, aliya, allay, axial, laari, lamia, laxly, llama, maill, malar, maria, marly, rally, riyal.
	-5 letters: airy, alar, ally, alma, amia, amir, amyl, aria, aril, army, aryl, axal, axil, illy, lair, lama, lari, liar, lily, lima, limy, lira, maar, mail, mair, mall, marl, maxi, maya, mill.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-l-m-r-x-y"
	+3 letters: premaxillary, submaxillary.
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