submaxillary

From sub- +‎ maxillary.

• Rhymes: -ɪləɹi
• Rhymes: -æksɪlɛəɹi

submaxillary (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary.
2. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the submaxillary gland.

   submaxillary saliva

   submaxillary mucin

• “submaxillary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.