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    [Noun]  | "max*il*la" | \ mak-ˈsi-lə \


    1: jaw

    2: an upper jaw especially of humans and other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused

    3: either of the two bones that lie with one on each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bear most of the teeth


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Borrowed from New Latin, going back to Latin, "jawbones, jaws, lower part of the face," diminutive from the base *smaksl- or *maksl- see:n in māla "lower part of the face, jaws" {mat|malar|};

    [Noun]  | "maxilla" 


    1: as in mandible, maw;


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