different between maxilla vs intermaxillary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maxilla (“jawbone, jaw”), a diminutive of m?la (“cheekbone, jaw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæk?s?l.?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

maxilla (plural maxillae or (obsolete) maxillæ or maxillas)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) Synonym of jaw.

   Synonym: jawbone

   1. An upper jaw especially of humans and other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused.

      Synonym: maxillary bone

   2. (anatomy) 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.
2. (zootomy) One of the first or second pair of mouthparts posterior to the mandibles in many arthropods that are used for tasting and manipulating food.

   Synonym: (in arachnids) endite

Derived terms

Translations

References

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

Latin

Etymology

From m?la (“cheekbone, jaw”) +? -illa (diminutive nominal suffix). Confer with similarly formed ?la–axilla.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma?k?sil.la/, [mä?k?s??l??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mak?sil.la/, [m?k?sil??]

Noun

m?xilla f (genitive m?xillae); first declension

1. Diminutive of m?la:
   1. (anatomy) jaw, jawbone, bone of the upper jaw
   2. (anatomy) lower part of the face, jaws

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• maxill?ris (adjective)

Descendants

References

• maxilla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maxilla in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maxilla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• maxilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

maxilla f (plural maxillas)

1. Obsolete spelling of maxila

English

Etymology

inter- +? maxillary

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l??i
• Rhymes: -æks?l???i

Adjective

intermaxillary (not comparable)

1. Between the maxillae.

Noun

intermaxillary (plural intermaxillaries)

1. An intermaxilla or premaxilla.