Definition of Inframaxillary

1. Adjective. Relating to the lower jaw.

Exact synonyms: Mandibular
Partainyms: Mandible, Mandible
Derivative terms: Mandible

Definition of Inframaxillary

1. a. Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve.

Definition of Inframaxillary

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary. ¹

2. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the lower jaw. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Inframaxillary

1. Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve. Of or pertaining to the lower iaw. Origin: Infra + maxillary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inframaxillary

infrakingdom
infrakingdoms
infralapsarian
infralapsarianism
infralapsarians
infralittoral
infralittorals
infralobar part of posterior branch of right pulmonary vein
infralow
inframamillary
inframammary
inframammary region
inframandibular
inframarginal
inframaxillary (current term)
inframe
inframedian
inframesenteric
inframesocolic
inframundane
infranatant
infranatant fluid
infranchise
infranchised
infranchises
infranchising
infrangibility
infrangible
infrangibleness

Literary usage of Inframaxillary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"whitish; forehead, lore, inframaxillary streak, and chin deep black; tail whitish, with a large central black band; quill black, first short, slender, ..."

2. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1901)
"Diagram of the inframaxillary division of the fifth cranial nerve. a. Sensory root entering the Gasserian ganglion. b. Motor root. c. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1886)
"Head small; snout truncated; nostrils anterior; cephalic spines long, strongly developed; occipital spines slightly recurved; middle inframaxillary spines ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"... and with filaments of the buccal branch of the inferior maxillary nerve. The inframaxillary or cervical branches run forward beneath the Plat ..."

5. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 by Randolph Barnes Marcy, George Brinton McClellan (1854)
"Four or five inframaxillary plates constitute a series on each side of the lower ... Between the inframaxillary series and the series lining the lower jaw ..."

6. Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah by Howard Stansbury, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Charles Frédéric Girard, Samuel Stehman Haldeman, John Torrey, James Hall (1853)
"A series of very large, inframaxillary plates, sharp on their outer edge, ... The plates of the inframaxillary row are strong, flattened horizontally, ..."

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