Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated under the jaws; submaxillary: as, the inframaxillary nerves.
- Of or pertaining to the inferior maxillary or lower jaw-bone in general; mandibular.
- noun pl. inframaxillaries (-riz). The mandible or lower jaw-bone of a vertebrate; the inferior maxillary bone. See
intermaxillary .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Under the lower jaw; submaxillary.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the lower iaw.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Under the lower
jaw ;submaxillary . - adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the lower jaw.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to the lower jaw
Etymologies
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infra- + maxillary
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