The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maxillar \Max"il*lar\, Maxillary \Max"il*la*ry\, a. [L. maxillaris, fr. maxilla jawbone, jaw: cf. F. maxillaire.]
(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.
(Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to a maxilla.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from Latin maxilla (see maxilla) + -ary.
Wiktionary
a. Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone n. The jawbone
WordNet
adj. of or relating to the upper jaw
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "maxillary".
A part of the right malar bone, the two superior maxillary bones, the nasal bones, the cartilage, the vomer, the middle lamina of the ethmoid, the left maxillary bone, a portion of the left zygomatic arch, and a great portion of the inferior maxilla were carried away, or comminuted, and all the soft parts correspondingly lacerated.
The second division is situated in the angle formed by the sphenoid and maxillary bone, or just below the ear.
Cockburn pointed out to me was the difference in the maxillary and nasal sutures of the face.
It would be seen that the nasal bones of the tiger run up higher than those of the lion, the apices of whose nasal and maxillary sutures are on a level.
The maxillary and premaxillary bones are much produced, forming a rostrum tapering, narrow, compressed and much arched in the right whales.
The premaxillary and maxillary bones are largely developed, and contain the socket of the enormous tusks.
The nasal bones, together with the premaxillary and maxillary bones, form the general contour for the external apertures of the nostrils.
The maxillary arch of the bite marks at the murder scenes is engraved upon my mind, and the one in this skull matches it tooth for tooth.
It smashed five teeth, shattered his hard palate, and pulped part of his maxillary sinuses.
The long teeth, angled back, emerged from just below the maxillary bone of the upper jaw.
Back in Medtech, listening to Professor Larson recite the number of muscles in the maxillary region?
With his thumb he rubbed along the maxillary bone, along a sleeping image of the master.
We did a reverse Waters shot as well as a peri-apical series to highlight the maxillary landmarks.
The ophthalmic and maxillary nerves are sensory nerves, but the mandibular nerve is mixed.
That portion of the superior maxillary bone which lies between the sockets of the eye-teeth protruded, with the sockets, to a remarkable degree, and instead of being curved appeared to be quite straight.