maxillofacial

English

Etymology

maxillo- +‎ facial

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

Adjective

maxillofacial (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the jaw and face.
   • 2009 February 3, Jane E. Brody, “Best Treatment for TMJ May Be Nothing”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Women represent up to 90 percent of patients who seek treatment, Dr. Leonard B. Kaban, chief of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said in an interview.

   • 2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 47:

     It wasn't long after arriving in Boulongne that Valadier convinced the general staff at the hospital to allow him to establish a temporary jaw unit in nearby Wimereux to handle the large number of maxillofacial injuries arriving from the front.

Related terms

• maxilla
• facial

Translations

of or relating to the jaw and face

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頜面／颌面 (hémiàn)

• Czech: maxilofaciální
• Greek: γναθοπροσωπικός (el) m (gnathoprosopikós)
• Italian: maxillofacciale (it)
• Spanish: maxilofacial