emanating from or pertaining to the maxilla. maxillary collapse. includes failure of the maxilla to grow, as in achondroplastic dwarfism, or atrophy due to turbinate atrophy, as in atrophic rhinitis. The result is a dishing or depression of the face.
Term: Ballad. Strictly, a ballad is a form of poetry that alternates lines of four and three beats, often in quatrains, rhymed abab, and often telling a story-the anonymous poem 'Sir Patrick Spens' and Wordsworth's A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal demonstrate this well.trictly, a ballad is a form of poetry that alternates lines of four and three beats, often in quatrains, rhymed abab, and often telling a story-the anonymous poem 'Sir Patrick Spens' and Wordsworth's A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal demonstrate this well.
lyric poetry. - Characterized by an expression of the poet's personal feelingsâand originally descriptive of songs accompanied by the lyre (examples are John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley). See also related terms for songs.