1872 Mivart Elem. Anat. 115The maxillo-premaxillary suture is for a long time or permanently very evident on the face. 
1875 Huxley & Martin Elem. Biol. (1877) 188The nerve divides into three main branches, the orbito-nasal, the palatine and the maxillo-mandibular. 
1875 C. C. Blake Zool. 46There are no maxilloturbinals in any skulls. 
1887 Marshall & Hurst Pract. Zool. 371The maxillo-palatine process. 
1890 Coues Field &Gen. Ornith. 240They are commonly described as if they were independent bones, under the name of the maxillopalatines. 
ORIGIN: from maxilla -o- 
maxillo-
combining form 
see maxill-
see maxill-
maxillo-
Prefix
- Of, or relating to, the maxilla.