Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the temporal region and the cheek or upper jaw: noting a vein and other structures.
- Pertaining to the temporal bone and the lower jaw-bone; temporomandibular: as, the temporomaxillary articulation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to both the
temple ortemporal bone and themaxilla .
Etymologies
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temporo- + maxillary
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Examples
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The posterior facial vein (v. facialis posterior; temporomaxillary vein), formed by the union of the superficial temporal and internal maxillary veins, descends in the substance of the parotid gland, superficial to the external carotid artery but beneath the facial nerve, between the ramus of the mandible and the Sternocleidomastoideus muscle.
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It involves the body of the bone, at its symphysis, or back of it, and includes one or both of its branches, either more or less forward, or at the posterior part near the temporomaxillary articulation, at the coronoid process.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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