maxilla

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maxilla (“jaw”), a diminutive of māla (“jaw”).

Noun

maxilla (plural maxillas or maxillae or maxillæ)

1. Either of the two bones that together form the upper jaw.
2. Arachnid mouthpart

Synonyms

• jawbone
• maxillary bone
• (Arachnid mouthpart): endite

Derived terms

Derived terms

• endomaxilla
• hemimaxilla
• maxillar
• maxillary
• maxillate

• maxillectomy
• maxilliferous
• maxilliform
• maxillo-
• maxillotomy

Translations

bone of upper jaw

• Catalan: maxil·lar m
• Dutch: kaakbeen (nl) n
• Estonian: ülalõualuu
• Finnish: yläleuanluu (fi)
• Greek: άνω γνάθος f (áno gnáthos)
• Hungarian: felső állcsont (hu)
• Italian: mascella (it) f
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• Portuguese: maxila f
• Russian: верхняя че́люсть m (verxnjaja čéljustʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: pìos àrd a' ghuib m
• Spanish: maxila (es) f
• Tagalog: taasihang
• Telugu: జంభిక (te) (jambhika)

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Latin

Etymology

From māla (“cheek, cheekbone”). Confer with similarly formed āla - axilla.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maːkˈsil.la/, [mäːkˈs̠ɪlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /makˈsil.la/, [mäkˈsilːä]

Noun

māxilla f (genitive māxillae); first declension

1. (anatomy) jaw, jawbone, bone of the upper jaw
2. lower part of the face, jaws

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	māxilla	māxillae
Genitive	māxillae	māxillārum
Dative	māxillae	māxillīs
Accusative	māxillam	māxillās
Ablative	māxillā	māxillīs
Vocative	māxilla	māxillae

Derived terms

• maxillāris

Descendants

• Aromanian: mãseauã
• Asturian: mexella
• Catalan: maixella
• English: maxilla
• Friulian: massele, mašele
• Galician: meixela
• Italian: mascella
• Ladin: masela
• Occitan: maissa, maissèla

• Portuguese: maxila
• Romanian: măsea
• Romansch: missella, missiala
• Sardinian: mansidda, massidda, mansidha
• Sicilian: mascidda
• Spanish: mejilla
• Venetian: maseła

References

• “maxilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “maxilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maxilla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• maxilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Noun

maxilla f (plural s)

1. Obsolete spelling of maxila.