单词 | maxillary |
释义 | maxillaryadj.n. Chiefly Medicine, Anatomy, and Zoology. A. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or forming part of the jaw or jawbone, esp. the upper jaw of a vertebrate. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [adjective] > of parts of > having jaws > belonging to or connected with maxillary1626 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [adjective] > jawbones > upper maxillary1626 maxillar1656 intermaxillar1801 maxilliform1850 premaxillary1851 premaxillo-maxillary1860 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §747 There is the Skull of one Entire Bone; there are..the Maxillary Bones [etc.]. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xi. 195 The..Maxillary Glands. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 291 The horn is entirely solid,..growing from the upper maxillary bone. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 36 The external maxillary artery was unavoidably divided. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. iii. 55 He continued, crushing his nails into his palms and grinding his teeth to subdue the maxillary convulsions. 1883 H. N. Martin & W. A. Moale Handbk. Vertebr. Dissect. 158 The Inferior Maxillary Nerve..divides into two branches. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 68 The maxillary teeth [of a snake]. 1935 C. J. Imperatori & H. J. Burman Dis. Nose & Throat xi. 146 Morning frontal headache increasing in intensity towards afternoon usually indicates maxillary sinusitis. 1968 Brit. Jrnl. Plastic Surg. 21 415 A case of oxycephaly in a 14-year-old girl which was treated by maxillary osteotomy. 1990 L. Barber in Independent on Sunday 25 Nov. (Review Suppl.) 12/2 He..goes into extraordinary detail and length explaining Louise's maxillary problems. 2. Zoology. Of an appendage, organ, etc., of an arthropod: associated with or attached to a maxilla (maxilla n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [adjective] > jawbones maxillary1819 jugo-maxillary1855 admaxillary1881 1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 193 Opatrum..maxillary palpi with their last joint obtrigonate. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 281 Mentum large; maxillary palpi long. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 246 In many Diptera the maxillary setæ are rudimentary. 1965 J. Lee & F. Knowles Animal Hormones xi. 137 The Y organ is located in the antennary segment of those species which have a maxillary excretory organ. 1978 Sci. Amer. June 119/1 It has all six legs on the surface of the victim's skin, its hairy labella touching the skin and its maxillary palps raised. 1994 P. J. Gullan & P. S. Cranston Insects ii. 36/2 Bugs have extremely long, thin paired mandibular and maxillary stylets. B. n. A maxillary bone; a maxilla. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > jawbones jaw1382 jawbone1490 maxillary1826 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > jawbones > upper cheekOE maxilla?a1425 superior maxilla1697 maxillary1826 upper1878 1826 Lancet 12 Aug. 623/2 A needle was thrust into the frontal nerve, and another into the superior maxillary. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 211/1 The vertical plate is short to correspond with the short vertical diameter of the upper maxillary. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 307 The maxillaries, prolonged into barbels, come off from the lower jaw. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 90 No part of the maxillary is situated behind the premaxillary [of fishes]. 1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves v. 127 Just one crack like that out of him..and I should infallibly have done his upper maxillary a bit of no good. 1985 Gegenbaurs Morphol. Jahrbuch 131 265 The palatine is scarcely attached to the prefrontal allowing considerable movement when the maxillaries are protruded. Compounds maxillary antrum n. (also †superior maxillary antrum) [after post-classical Latin antrum maxillare (1729 or earlier); compare earlier antrum maxillae superioris (1698 or earlier)] Anatomy = maxillary sinus n. ΚΠ 1784 Hibernian Mag. Dec. 740/1 After several months torment, Dr. Heysham directed the maxillary antrum (or hollow part of the cheek-bone) to be opened. 1827 Lancet 18 Aug. 620/2 (heading) Removal of a sarcomatous tumour from the superior maxillary antrum. 1968 Brit. Jrnl. Plastic Surg. 21 360 Slight angulation in Waters' view will reveal what is called..‘hanging drop’ or ‘double osseous density’ projecting into the maxillary antrum. 2011 D. MacDonald Oral & Maxillofacial Radiol. xi. 195/1 The shape of the maxillary antrum forms an inverted pyramid. maxillary gland n. Anatomy and Zoology any of various glands located near the maxilla of a vertebrate or the maxillae of an arthropod; spec. (a) the human submandibular gland; (b) either of a pair of excretory organs present in some crustaceans, which open at the base of the second maxilla; (c) a secretory nasal gland found in various mammals. ΚΠ 1691 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 486 Neither was there any swelling formed in the Maxillary or Parotide Glandules.] 1713Maxillary gland [see sense A. 1]. 1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. II Maxillary glands, the glands so called are conglomerate, and are situated under the angles of the lower jaw. 1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Maxillary M. gland... The Gland, submaxillary [now called submandibular]. 1909 Cambr. Nat. Hist. IV. i. 13 The maxillary glands (‘shell-glands’) are present in adult Entomostraca and larval Malacostraca. 1988 Indian Jrnl. Entomol. 50 175 (title) Anatomy and histology of gustatory organs and maxillary gland in Spilostethus macilentus Stal. (Lygaedidae: Heteroptera). 1998 Jrnl. Mammalogy 79 394 Other traits such as unique development of the maxillary gland were unlike either subfamily [sc. Bovinae or Caprinae]. maxillary sinus n. [after post-classical Latin sinus maxillaris (1618 or earlier)] Anatomy and Zoology a large paranasal sinus located within each maxilla, communicating with the nose. ΚΠ 1721 tr. L. Heister Compend. Anat. 40 Behind the farther Grinders there are some, thro' which Vessels and Nerves enter to the Maxillary Sinus's. 1864 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 31 Dec. 725/1 The maxillary sinus, or antrum of Highmore, is..frequently diseased. 1937 Musical Times 78 157/2 The maxillary sinuses are regarded as the chief resonators. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 May 11/2 If the pain continues an xray of the maxillary sinus should be taken. maxillary system n. a system of insect classification developed by J. C. Fabricius, based on the structure of the maxillae and other mouthparts. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > taxonomy > [noun] > system of > specific system maxillary system1826 tautonymy1892 cytotaxonomy1930 subtyping1937 biosystematy1941 biosystematics1943 chemotaxonomy1961 phenetics1963 morphometrics1965 pheneticism1970 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 450 Which [system], from the maxillæ being principally employed to characterize the Classes or rather Orders, may be called the Maxillary System. 1937 H. F. Wilson & M. H. Doner Hist. Devel. Insect Classif. v. 50/2 Fabricius' system, based exclusively on the mouthparts,..which came to be known as the ‘Cibarian’ or ‘Maxillary System’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1626 |
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