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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

(Anat.)

(a)

Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary;

as, the

submaxillary

gland

(b)

Of or pertaining to submaxillary gland;

as,

submaxillary

salvia

Adj.

[L. sub and maxilla, the jaw-bone.] Situated under the jaw.

The submaxillary glands are two salivatory glands, situated one on either side, immediately within the angle of the lower jaw.