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maxillofacial

adjective

  1. pertaining to jaw and face
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin māxillader. English maxillo- Latin faciēs Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin faciālisbor. English facial English maxillofacial From maxillo- + facial.

  1. Of or relating to the jaw and face.

    Women represent up to 90 percent of patients who seek treatment, Dr. Leonard B. Kaban, chief of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said in an interview.

    It wasn't long after arriving in Boulongne that Valadier convinced the general staff at the hospital to allow him to establish a temporary jaw unit in nearby Wimereux to handle the large number of maxillofacial injuries arriving from the front.