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Meanings of upper jaw in English

Portuguese
maxilar
Catalan
maxil·la
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The jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium.

        maxilar
        Usage of upper jaw in English
        1
        In the upper jaw the incisors are, as usual, in three pairs.
        Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
        2
        The next teeth cut are the four incisors of the upper jaw.
        The Book of Household Management
        3
        The upper jaw protrudes far beyond the extremity of the under one.
        The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire
        4
        I went to my dentist with severe upper jaw pain and toothache.
        The Irish Times
        5
        A piece of bone from her thigh formed her new upper jaw.
        News.com.au
        6
        Here's how it works: Your upper jaw moves wherever your skull moves.
        Wired
        7
        They have ordinarily two incisors in the upper jaw, none in the lower.
        Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
        8
        In the treatment of fractures of the upper jaw, interference was rarely needed.
        Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 / Being Mainly a...
        9
        A considerable number of fractures to the upper jaw and zygoma.
        The blood spilt
        10
        Two of the front teeth, in the upper jaw, were false.
        "I Say No"
        11
        The skull is singularly formed, the upper jaw being bent over the lower.
        The Confessions of a Beachcomber
        12
        They cannot bite, since they have no front teeth in the upper jaw.
        Chambers's Elementary Science Readers / Book I
        13
        Michelangelo took the hint, and knocked a tooth out from the upper jaw.
        The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
        14
        A gold-capped tooth showed in his upper jaw between his lips.
        From Place to Place
        15
        The upper jaw is of partial V-shape, the lower well developed.
        Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 / Sexual Inversion
        16
        Where they started, side by side in the upper jaw, they were huge.
        The Plains of Passage
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        Translations for upper jaw
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        maxilar
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