See Also: tuber maxillae(medicine)
Maxillae(health)
corpus maxillae(medicine)
eminentia maxillae(medicine)
processus frontalis maxillae(medicine)
margo lacrimalis maxillae(medicine)
facies nasalis maxillae(medicine)
facies infratemporalis maxillae(medicine)
processus zygomaticus maxillae(medicine)
crista ethmoidalis maxillae(medicine)

tannic (iou) and tuber maxillae (medicine)


tannic (iou)



tannic adjective. M19.
[French tannique, formed as TANNIN: see -IC.]
Of or derived from tan; chiefly in tannic acid (Chemistry), = TANNIN. Also, containing tannin.

tuber maxillae (medicine)


tuber maxillae -->
maxillary tuberosity


The bulging lower extremity of the posterior surface of the body of the maxilla, behind the root of the last molar tooth.

Synonym: tuber maxillae, eminentia maxillae, maxillary eminence.