(n.) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.
(n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible.
(n.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.
Example Sentences:
(1) Retrognathia or retrusion of the maxilla and mid-face is present in about one-third of treated cleft palate patients.
(2) A small number of individuals operated during adolescence had also a shorter depth of the maxilla similarly as patients operated upon during early childhood.
(3) Eight macerated human child skulls with a dental age of approximately 9.5 years (mixed dentition) were consecutively subjected to an experimental standardized high-pull headgear traction system attached to the maxilla at the first permanent molar area via an immovable acrylic resin splint covering all teeth.
(4) It was smaller than that reported for patients who had received stabilization of the maxilla with intraosseous and maxillomandibular wiring.
(5) The author has proved by the examination of the lateral x-ray images of hundred patients with progenia that with 64% of the patients the front part of the maxilla alveolaris extension was mildly retarded in growth.
(6) Periodontal pockets were more frequently observed in maxillae than mandibles.
(7) In Paper V, group A, the fixture-supported prostheses were installed in the maxilla and occluded with tooth-supported fixed partial dentures whereas in group B, the arrangements were analogous to those in Papers I-IV.
(8) One type of antral mucocele, commonly seen in Japan, is referred to as a postoperative maxillary cyst and is identical to the surgical ciliated cyst of the maxilla originally reported by Gregory and Shafer.
(9) Measurements of the cranial base angle and the prognathism of the maxilla and the mandible were performed on radiographs of cranial midsagittal tissue blocks of 52 fetuses with a gestational age from 13 to 27 weeks.
(10) The immobilization successfully constrained the anteroinferior displacement of the maxilla and zygomatic bone on the fused side.
(11) The edentulous posterior maxilla often has inadequate bone for endosteal implants.
(12) The three cases presented in this paper all had different orthodontic and surgical treatment approaches according to the individual involvement of the nose, maxillae, mouth and other facial features.
(13) The authors categorized the height, width, and anteroposterior dimensions of the edentulous maxillae.
(14) A rare case of angiosarcoma of the maxilla is presented.
(15) But we can say that a maldevelopment of the maxilla may be expected to occur in the case of any surgery performed.
(16) The majority of maxillae were moved in more than one plane of space.
(17) We present a case of melanotic neuroectodermal tumor in the maxilla that followed an aggressively malignant course.
(18) Secondary bone grafting of the maxilla in the mixed transitional dentition stage has become a well-accepted procedure in the surgical protocol for rehabilitation of patients with residual alveolar clefts.
(19) An NSAr or NSBa angle higher than the mean value plus one standard deviation, it is associated with of the maxilla retrognathism and contrariwise.
(20) Supplemental teeth usually occur in the maxilla and occasionally in the mandible, generally involving the permanent lateral incisors.
Stipes
Definition:
(n.) The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.
(n.) An eyestalk.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cadmium and copper content was determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry from four tissue types; young blade, old blade, young stipe and old stipe.
(2) The ratio of xylitol DH to sorbitol DH was greater than unity in both monokaryotic mycelium and dikaryotic fruit body caps, whereas this ratio decreased in the stipe (stalk) tissue.
(3) Coming across like a journey into a desperate mind, Stipe's vocals sound more naked than they've ever been before.
(4) The peculiar percussion in the song's middle-eight – helicopter blade whirrs, and a distant shouting army – sound especially fierce against Michael Stipe's distant, spoken-word testimony.
(5) Neymar wriggled past Sime Vrsaljko by the goal-line, crossed low and from the clearance Oscar’s booming left-footed shot was saved by Stipe Pletikosa.
(6) In a series of tweets posted on the account of bandmate Mike Mills, Stipe said: “Go fuck yourselves, the lot of you – you sad, attention-grabbing, power-hungry little men.
(7) 12.42am BST 83 min: Croatia goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa is forced to gallop off his line and make a rare save, diving at the feet of Salli to block a shot.
(8) Mexico were in the ascendancy by the mid-point of the second half, with Vedran Corluka clearing off his line following a corner and Stipe Pletikosa saving from Paul Aguilar with his foot.
(9) Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Ins Juan Cuadrado (Fiorentina, £26.8m) Outs André Schürrle (Wolfsburg, £24m), Mohamed Salah (Fiorentina, loan), Mark Schwarzer (Leicester, free), Fernando Torres (Milan, free), Todd Kane (Nottm Forest, loan), Tomas Kalas (Middlesbrough, loan), Lewis Baker (Sheffield Wednesday, loan), Marko Marin (Anderlecht, loan), Nathaniel Chalobah (Reading, loan), John Swift (Swindon, loan); Stipe Perica (Udinese, loan), Ryan Bertrand (Southampton, undisc) José Mourinho had hoped for a quiet window, the usual flurry of out-going loans aside, but the dissatisfaction of Schürrle and Salah at bit-part roles forced his hand .
(10) A few of them – Michael Stipe of REM was one – even said they would invest.
(11) Michael Stipe saw Electrolite as a farewell song for the 20th century, with LA being the perfect location for such a subject.
(12) 6 Country Feedback Recorded in one take for Out of Time , released in 1991, the words allegedly off a piece of paper that never had a complete lyric on it, Michael Stipe has claimed this to be his favourite REM song (at other points, he's also given this honour to Perfect Circle , and 1986's Fall on Me) .
(13) The main accumulation of mannitol was in the pileus and stipe of the sporophore and was accompanied by a decrease in the soluble protein content of these tissues.
(14) Do not use our music or my voice for your moronic charade of a campaign.” Though the statement spoke broadly about “the lot” of politicians, Mills prefaced it with the stipulation that it reflected Stipe’s opinion on Trump.
(15) At the site of crucifixion, his wrists were nailed to the patibulum and, after the patibulum was lifted onto the upright post (stipes), his feet were nailed to the stipes.
(16) Different levels of a given inhibitor were needed to prevent stipe formation, apothecial formation or mycelial germination.
(17) Trehalase activity in dialyzed enzyme extracts showed pH optima at acid and alkaline pH levels in monokaryotic mycelium, dikaryotic stipes, and cap tissues.
(18) We examined 300 stipes of leavens coming from various material.
(19) Michael Stipe, meanwhile, asks: “Who better than Naomi to make sense of this madness, and help us find a way out?” Does she recognise the danger that she is preaching only to the converted, and further entrenching our polarised politics?
(20) Indeed, had Mbia shown more composure when winding up from 20 yards, Stipe Pletikosa may have been called into action.