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maxillary extension
(English) An expression of relative mouth size measured with the mouth closed. When the mouth is open the maxilla is displaced forwards in relation to the eye, and it is the extension of the maxilla in relation to the eye that is used to describe mouth size. (See also: mouth, maxilla, eye)

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