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STYLOMAXILLARY LIGAMENT

\stˈa͡ɪləmˌaksɪləɹi lˈɪɡəmənt], \stˈa‍ɪləmˌaksɪləɹi lˈɪɡəmənt], \s_t_ˈaɪ_l_ə_m_ˌa_k_s_ɪ_l_ə_ɹ_i l_ˈɪ_ɡ_ə_m_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of STYLOMAXILLARY LIGAMENT

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A broad band of fibrous tissue which extends between the styloid process of the temporal bone and the lower part of the posterior border of the ramus of the inferior maxilla, separating the parotid and submaxillary glands.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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