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- Latin · derived frommāxilla“the jawbone, jaw”
- English todaymaxilla
From Middle English, from Latin māxilla (“the jawbone, jaw”), diminutive of māla (“the cheekbone, jaw”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
maxilla
max·ill·aToday it means: An upper jaw especially of humans and other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused. Full definition →
Latin māxilla