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Definition of Submaxilla

1. Noun. The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Submaxilla

Literary usage of Submaxilla

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

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"A submarine plant. submaxilla (sub-mak-sil'a), п.; ... I. n. ; pi. submaxilla ries (-riz). ' The inferior maxillary bone; the under jaw-bone, ..."

2. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by United States Bureau of Animal Industry (1911)
"Although an animal suffering with a complete and often compound and comminuted fracture of the submaxilla presents at times a serious ..."

3. The Microtomist's Vade-mecum: A Handbook of the Methods of Microscopic Anatomy by Arthur Bolles Lee (1913)
"211) demonstrates the granules in serous cells and half-moons of the submaxilla'-y gland by hardening in a 10 per cent, solution of formol, and then making ..."

4. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by United States Bureau of Animal Industry, John William Adams, Adolph Eichhorn, Maurice Crowther Hall, William Heyser Harbaugh, Allen Anderson Holcombe, Rush Shippen Huidekoper, James Law, Leonard Pearson, Alexander François Augustin Liautard, Charles B. (1916)
"Although an animal suffering with a complete and often compound and comminuted fracture of the submaxilla presents at times a serious aspect, the prognosis ..."

5. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by United States Bureau of Animal Industry, Leonard Pearson (1903)
"Although an animal suffering with a complete and often compound and comminuted fracture of the submaxilla presents at times a serious aspect, the prognosis ..."

6. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by United States Bureau of Animal Industry (1890)
"But although the aspect of an animal suffering with a complete aud often compound aud comminuted fracture of the submaxilla presents at times H033 20 ..."

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