submaxillary
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of submaxillary
Example Sentences
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The disease spreads early to the submental and submaxillary glands, which are best felt with one finger inside the mouth, under the tongue, and another outside, behind the mandible.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
During the breeding-season their anal scent-glands are in active function;51 and so it is with the same glands in lizards, and as we have seen with the submaxillary glands of crocodiles.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) by Darwin, Charles
Still more rarely suppuration of the submaxillary or the cervical glands has been met with.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In certain exceptional cases the disease affects the submaxillary glands alone.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Salivary Calculi.—Salivary calculi are most commonly met with in the submaxillary gland or its duct.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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