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MAXILLARY FISSURE

\mˈaksɪləɹi fˈɪʃə], \mˈaksɪləɹi fˈɪʃə], \m_ˈa_k_s_ɪ_l_ə_ɹ_i f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə]\

Definitions of MAXILLARY FISSURE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Fissure on superior maxilla for m. process of the palatal bone.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A f. on the internal surface of the superior maxilla which runs from the lower part of the orifice of the antrum obliquely downward and forward, and receives the maxillary process of the palate bone.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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