See Also: nasal surface of maxilla(medicine)
anterior surface of maxilla(medicine)
infratemporal surface of maxilla(medicine)
nasal surface of palatine bone(medicine)
maxilla(dictionary)
Maxilla(medicine)
Maxilla(health)
body of maxilla(medicine)
zygomatic process of maxilla(medicine)
lacrimal border of maxilla(medicine)

wormwood (iou) and nasal surface of maxilla (medicine)


wormwood (iou)



wormwood noun & adjective.
[Old English wermod = Old Saxon wer(i)moda, Old High German wer(i)muota (German Wermut), alt. in late Middle English as if from WORM noun + WOOD noun1: cf. VERMOUTH.]
A. noun.
A hoary aromatic plant of the composite family, Artemisia absinthium, a traditional ingredient of vermouth and absinthe with a proverbially bitter taste, and formerly used as a tonic, anthelmintic, etc. Also, with specifying word, any of various Other artemisias or similar plants. OE.
Roman wormwood, sea wormwood, etc. salt of wormwood impure potassium carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood.
fig. A type of what causes bitterness and grief; (a source of) bitter mortification or vexation. Freq. in gall and wormwood. M16.
Either of two European noctuid moths, Cucullia absinthii and C. artemisiae, the larvae of which feed on wormwood and mugwort. M19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Made or flavoured with wormwood; fig. causing bitterness and grief. L16.
Comb. & special collocations: wormwood-beer: in which wormwood is infused; wormwood lecture a scolding; wormwood water, wormwood Wine a cordial or liqueur flavoured (like absinth or vermouth) from wormwood.

nasal surface of maxilla (medicine)


nasal surface of maxilla


The surface of the maxilla that forms part of the lateral nasal wall with a large defect (maxillary hiatus) posteriorly and the lacrimal sulcus in its midportion.

Synonym: facies nasalis maxillae.