Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun maxillary
1 sense of maxillary
Sense 1
upper jaw, upper jawbone, maxilla, maxillary -- (the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium)
=> jaw -- (the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth)
Similarity of adj maxillary
1 sense of maxillary
Sense 1
maxillary -- (of or relating to the upper jaw)