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What does submaxillary mean?

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Adjective
  1. (anatomy) Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary.
  2. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the submaxillary gland.
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The submaxillary and sublingual salivary glands are also liable to be affected.
The following day, the tumour reached its maximum of elevation, and sometimes comprised the submaxillary glands of the same side.
It is usually due to an imperfect development of the duct of the submaxillary or sublingual gland.
In cases in which the mucous membrane is affected, the submaxillary lymph gland may also become enlarged and suppurate.
On the structure and use of the submaxillary odoriferous gland in the genus Crocodilus.
The submaxillary and sublingual glands may be the seat of the same varieties of tumour as the parotid.

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