Meanings
adjectivepterygomaxillary (not comparable)
- not comparablerelationalanatomyOf or pertaining to the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 翼上頜 /翼上颌
- 翼上頜 /翼上颌relating to the pterygoid process and the maxilla
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pterygomaxillary
Hilaryauxiliaryancillarycapillaryaxillarypapillarymaxillaryfritillarypillorypupillaryarmillaryneurofibrillarybacillarysubmaxillaryadmaxillaryantennomaxillaryarticulomaxillarybimaxillarycircummaxillarycodicillarycoronomaxillarydentomaxillaryethmomaxillaryfaciomaxillary
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