max·il·la
n, pl max*il*lae or maxillas 1 : JAW 1a 2 a : an upper jaw esp. of humans or other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused b : either of two membrane bone elements of the upper jaw that lie lateral to the premaxillae and that in higher vertebrates including humans bear most of the teeth 3 : one of the first or second pair of mouthparts posterior to the mandibles in insects, myriopods, crustaceans and closely related arthropods .
Similar sounding terms: mu·co·cele
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