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submaxillary

/suhb-mak-suh-ler-ee, suhb-mak-sil-uh-ree/US // sʌbˈmæk səˌlɛr i, ˌsʌb mækˈsɪl ə ri //UK // (ˌsʌbmækˈsɪlərɪ) //

颌下,下颌下,颚下,颌下腺

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the lower jaw or lower jawbone.

Examples

  • The upshot of his submaxillary communication was a dim "Twenty dollars, take it or leave it."

  • Sometimes the parotid and submaxillary glands were inflamed; petechiae were absent.

  • Many had swelling of the tonsils, parotids, submaxillary and sublingual glands.

  • The parotid and submaxillary glands were often enlarged, sometimes suppurating or sloughing.

  • Salivary glands, of which the most constant are the parotid and the submaxillary, are always present in terrestrial mammals.