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MAXILAR [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Mouth
CONT

The maxillae are the largest bones of the face, excepting the mandible, and form, by their union, the whole of the upper jaw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cavité buccale
DEF

Chacun des os formant les mâchoires : le maxillaire et la mandibule.

CONT

Le maxillaire est un os volumineux, latéral et pair, creusé d'une profonde cavité : le sinus maxillaire.[...] La mandibule est un os impair, médian et symétrique, [qui] forme le squelette de l'étage inférieur de la face.

PHR

Maxillaire inférieur. Maxillaire supérieur.

OBS

Le Comité d'Étude des Termes médicaux français a rejeté le terme maxillaire supérieur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Boca
DEF

Cada uno de los dos huesos que forman el borde lateral de la parte anterior del cráneo de los vertebrados, donde se insertan los dientes yugales.

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Record 2 2004-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
  • The Mouth
DEF

A bone of complex shape that forms the greater part of the upper jaw in the vertebrates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
  • Cavité buccale
DEF

[Un des] deux os dentés du bord antérieur du toit [dermique] constituant la "mâchoire supérieure secondaire dermique" [des Vertébrés.]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
  • Boca
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