SUPERMAXILLA

Su `per *max *il "la, n. Etym: [NL. See Super-, and Maxilla. ] (Anat. )

SUPERMAXILLARY

SUPERMAXILLARY Su `per *max "il *la *ry, a. (Anat. )

supermax

su per max |ˈso͞opərˌmaks ˈsupərˌmæks | ▶adjective denoting or relating to an extremely high-security prison or part of a prison, intended for particularly dangerous prisoners. most inmates earn their supermax sentence by how they behave in other parts of the prison system. ▶noun a supermax prison. ORIGIN 1970s: shortened from super-maximum, i.e., ‘greater than the expected or conventional maximum. ’

supermax

supermax |ˈsuːpəmaks | ▶adjective denoting or relating to an extremely high-security prison or part of a prison, intended for particularly dangerous prisoners. ▶noun a supermax prison. ORIGIN 1970s: shortened from super-maximum, i.e. ‘greater than the expected or conventional maximum ’.