admaxillaryadj.n.
/admakˈsɪl(ə)ri/, U.S. /ædˈmæksəˌlɛri/ Zoology.
A. adj.
Situated close to or connected with the maxilla; (in early use) spec. designating accessory salivary glands associated with the parotid and submaxillary glands in certain mammals. Now rare.
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maxillary1819
jugo-maxillary1855
admaxillary1881
1881 E. Klein in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 21 116 I propose to call these two glands, viz. connected with the parotid and the submaxillary, as the admaxillary glands.
1890 Microscope 10 66 I also examined the submaxillary and admaxillary glands of Guinea pigs.
1995 Mammalian Species No. 512. 2/2 Anterior ends of nasal bones are forked, and touch admaxillary bones.
B. n.
1. In the skull of certain fishes: a bone attached to or associated with the upper edge of the maxillary. Now rare or disused.
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the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > bones (various types of)
grate1481
pharyngeal1791
suboperculum1818
supratemporal1834
shackle-joint1837
mastoid1840
wrist1840
mastoid bone1841
subopercular1841
mesotympanic1846
suprascapula1846
hypobranchials1848
hypotympanic1848
urohyal1848
radius1854
epicentral1866
pterotic1866
mesocoracoid1868
supraclavicle1868
precoracoid1869
symplectic1870
hypural1871
mesopterygoid1871
post-temporal1871
postclavicle1872
brachial1873
urostyle1875
hypercoracoid1876
admaxillary1885
intercalarium1887
palatopterygoquadrate1888
subtectal1888
Weberian apparatus1889
Weberian ossicles1889
radial1890
supracleithrum1903
1885 R. W. Shufeldt Osteol. Amia Calva in Rep. Commissioner 1883 (U.S. Comm. Fish & Fisheries) 793 The hinder half of the upper border of the maxillary supports an additional thin plate of bone, as seen in so many of the Teleostei. This is the admaxillary.
1901 Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 19 314 (caption) Admaxillary.
1917 Anat. Rec. 11 406 On the superior edge of either maxillary there is a free admaxillary.
2. In mammals: an admaxillary salivary gland. Now rare or disused.
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the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > other parts
paxwaxa1325
testis1681
leaf1819
Harderian gland1822
fair-hair1825
ovarian follicle1834
Graafian follicle1841
thyro-hyal1854
Gartner's canal1874
admaxillary1896
baculum1939
1896 Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 10) III. iv. 19 In the guinea-pig and rabbit there are small flat mucous glands of tubular structure connected both to the parotid and submaxillary, one to each, and sending their ducts to open into the ducts of those glands (admaxillaries, Klein).
1898 J. N. Langley in E. A. Schäfer Text-bk. Physiol. 476 Occasionally in the dog, and more constantly in some other animals, for instance the guinea-pig, a small gland, called by Klein the inferior admaxillary, pours its secretion into the duct of the parotid.
1903 T. C. Guenther & A. E. Guenther Physiology ii. 35 In close proximity to the parotid lies a glandular mass called by Klein the inferior admaxillary (socia parotidis of man), and in connection with the sublingual portion is a separable portion, the superior admaxillary.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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