different between axillary vs maxillary

English

Etymology

Alteration by association with -ary of the French axillaire (“of the axilla”), itself an alteration of the earlier forms aisselliere and aissellaire, both from the assumed Latin etymon *axill?ris, from axilla (“armpit”), diminutive form of the assumed *axula.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æks?l??i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æk?s?l??i/ (etymologically correct)
• Rhymes: -æks?l??i, -?l??i
• Rhymes: -æks?l???i

Adjective

axillary (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit.
2. (botany) Situated in, or rising from, an axil; relating to an axil.

Derived terms

• axillary artery
• axillary gland
• axillary hair
• axillary nerve
• axillary vein
• transaxillary

Translations

Noun

axillary (plural axillaries)

1. Alternative form of axillar

See also

• auxiliary

English

Alternative forms

• maxillar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mak?s?l.?.?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæk.s??l??.i/
• Rhymes: -?l??i, -æks?l???i

Adjective

maxillary (not comparable)

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

Coordinate terms

• (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]}

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

maxillary (plural maxillaries)

1. (anatomy) Alternative form of maxilla.
2. (anatomy) A tooth growing from the upper jawbone.

References

• “maxillary”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “maxilla”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).