maxilla

Examples

• All

• The tumor had invaded the palatine portion of the maxilla.

  Academic text (2003)

• Brown tumors arise more frequently in the mandible than in the maxilla.

  Academic text (2005)

• The maxilla looks a little deformed.

  Blade (1998)

• The mobilized maxilla is manipulated and advanced approximately 10 mm.

  Academic text (1999)

• The face of the maxilla was eroded and displaced anteriorly.

  Academic text (2005)

• Facial bilateral dissection was performed to examine the maxilla and mandible.

  Academic text (2007)

• Multiple odontogenic keratocysts of both the maxilla and mandible appear after the seventh year of life.

  Academic text (2004)

• An abnormal soft tissue mass anterior to the maxilla was noted and was considered consistent with chronic osteomyelitis.

  Academic text (1998)

• Cherubism is a rare, benign, autosomal dominant inherited condition characterized by cystic proliferation of the mandible and maxilla in childhood.

  Academic text (2003)

• The maxilla is the bone that holds the upper teeth and is located in the skull.

Synonyms

U

upper jaw

vsmaxilla

2 2.8

The top part of the jaw that holds the upper teeth

is the same meaning but named with the standard anatomical term

U

upper jawbone

vsmaxilla

1 4.2

The bone at the top of the mouth that holds the upper teeth and joins the skull

uses a more technical term referring to the skull area

M

maxillary

vsmaxilla

• Specialized

1 9.5

The bone of the upper jaw that holds the upper teeth

is the standard noun name rather than an adjectival form

Surface Forms

Etymology