Usually means: Pertaining to the upper jaw.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word maxillary:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. maxillary: Merriam-Webster
  2. maxillary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. maxillary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. maxillary: Collins English Dictionary
  5. maxillary: Vocabulary.com
  6. Maxillary, maxillary: Wordnik
  7. Maxillary, Maxillary, Maxillary: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  8. maxillary: Wiktionary
  9. maxillary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. maxillary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. maxillary: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. maxillary: Dictionary.com
  13. Maxillary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Maxillary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. maxillary: Rhymezone
  16. Maxillary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. maxillary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. maxillary: FreeDictionary.org
  19. maxillary: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. maxillary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. maxillary: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. maxillary: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. maxillary: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Orthodontic Terms (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. maxillary: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (maxillary)

adjective:  (anatomy) Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone.
adjective:  (zootomy) Of or pertaining to the maxillae of an arthropod.
noun:  (anatomy) A tooth growing from the upper jawbone.
noun:  (anatomy) Alternative form of maxilla. [(anatomy, zootomy) Synonym of jaw.]

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