Definition of Supraorbital

1. Adjective. Located or occurring above the eye socket.

Exact synonyms: Supraocular
Partainyms: Eye Socket, Eye Socket

Definition of Supraorbital

1. a. Situated above the orbit of the eye.

Definition of Supraorbital

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Located immediately above the eye sockets, where in humans the eyebrows are located. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Supraorbital

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Supraorbital

supramolecules
supramundane
supranational
supranationally
supranatural
supranaturalistic
supranet
supranets
supranormal
supranuclear
supranuclear palsy
supraoccipital
supraoccipitals
supraocular
supraoptic
supraorbital (current term)
supraorbital ridge
supraorbital torus
supraorbital vein
supraorbitally
supraorganisational
supraorganism
supraorganisms
supraorganization
supraorganizational
suprapedal
suprapersonal
suprapharmacological
supraphysiological
supraprotest

Literary usage of Supraorbital

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio by Earnest Albert Hooton, Charles Clark Willoughby (1920)
"TURNER GROUP OF EARTHWORKS supraorbital Ridges. ... In the females, the supraorbital ridges are either absent or show very slight development, except in one ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The supraorbital vein (r. ... Previous to its junction with the frontal vein, it sends through the supraorbital notch into the orbit a branch which ..."

3. A Manual of modern surgery, general and operative by John Chalmers Da Costa (1894)
"dropped from the supraorbital notch to between the two lower bicuspid teeth. ... Neurectomy of the supraorbital Nerve.—In this operation, shave off the ..."

4. A Manual of modern surgery, general and operative by John Chalmers Da Costa (1894)
"dropped from the supraorbital notch to between the two lower bicuspid teeth. ... Neurectomy of the supraorbital Nerve.—In this operation, shave off the ..."

5. The Eye and Nervous System: Their Diagnostic Relations by William Campbell Posey, William Gibson Spiller (1906)
"The other forms of reflex action, aside from the pupillary reflexes, that may be elicited are: The supraorbital Reflex.—This reflex was described by ..."

6. An introduction to the osteology of the mammalia: Being the Substance of the by William Henry Flower (1876)
"... ZM zygo- matic process of malar ; Fr supraorbital process of frontal; Ma body of malar; Pt pterygoid ; PI palatine ; MX maxilla ; PMx premaxilla ..."

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