palatomaxillaryadj.
/ˌpalᵻtə(ʊ)makˈsɪl(ə)ri/, /pəˌleɪtə(ʊ)makˈsɪl(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈˌpælədoʊˈmæksəˌlɛri/ Anatomy, Zoology, and Physical Anthropology. Of, relating to, or connecting the palate and the maxilla.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [adjective] > bones of mouth
palatomaxillary1782
hyoidean1835
mylohyoidean1838
mylohyoid1839
hyoid1842
hyo-epiglottic1847
hyoidal1852
palatopterygoid1854
palatoquadrate1859
mento-hyoidean1867
hyosternal1870
mentomeckelian1871
hyomandibular1875
hyo-epiglottidean1881
hyoglossal1886
hyoglossian1886
hyoidan1888
prehyoid1949
splanchnocranial1974
1782 Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) 92 Each of the two palato-maxillary [sutures] is at the back part of the side of each nostril.
1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 76 The palato-maxillary apparatus.
1884 W. Turner in Rep. Sci. Results Voy. H.M.S. Challenger X. iv. 7 Instead, however, of using the terms maxillary length, width, and index, which Professor Flower employs, I prefer to call these measurements palato-maxillary or palato-alveolar.
1923 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 53 97 The measurements taken were nasal height.., and palato-maxillary breadth.
1960 Q. Rev. Biol. 35 215 It appears, indeed, that the palato-maxillary ligament..may only be effective in opposing an outward bending of the palatine.
1998 Head & Neck 20 38 Patients with extensive palatomaxillary defects due to ablative surgery or trauma.
2003 Jrnl. Morphol. 258 358 Palatine-erecting elapids share a fundamental design of the palato-maxillary apparatus with all higher snakes.
Compounds
palatomaxillary index n. Physical Anthropology = palatal index n. at palatal adj. and n. Compounds.
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1881 W. Turner in Trans. Internat. Med. Congr. 1 146 The mean palato-maxillary index was 112.
1915 Biometrika 11 97 (note) We thus deduce for our Moriori the palato-maxillary index of Turner as 123 for males.
1952 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 83 92 The Icelandic palato-maxillary length..and index..are respectively less and greater than they are in the other two series.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1782