Crossword-Solution: SUBMAXILLARY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Submaxillary | a. | Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland. |
| Submaxillary | a. | Of or pertaining to submaxillary gland; as, submaxillary salvia. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “SUBMAXILLARY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Of the lower jaw. | 1 answer |
| situated beneath the lower jaw, as in submaxillary gland, a salivary gland discharging beneath tongue | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
EAAR
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with SUBMAXILLARY (5)
Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle.
After a debauch this patient experienced violent pain in the left cheek below the zygomatic arch; this soon extended under the chin, and the submaxillary glands enlarged and became painful; the face swelled and became erythematous, and the patient experienced nausea and slight chills.
This is a thin, colorless, frothy, slightly alkaline liquid, secreted [Footnote: By secretion is meant merely a separation or picking out from the blood.] by the mucous membrane lining the mouth, and by three pairs of salivary glands (parotid, submaxillary, and sublingual) opening into the mouth through ducts, or tubes.
His tongue, charged with a great quantity of saliva, protrudes from his mouth, and the submaxillary glands are enlarged.
The disease, common in childhood, during which this gland becomes inflamed and swollen, is known as the “mumps.” The submaxillary gland is placed below and to the inner side of the lower jaw, and the sublingual is on the floor of the mouth, between the tongue and the gums.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1966).