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Meanings of upper jaw in inglês

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The jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium.

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