postorbital

[ pohst-awr-bi-tl ]

adjective

, Anatomy, Zoology.

1. located behind the orbit or socket of the eye.

postorbital

/ pəʊstˈɔːbɪtəl /

adjective

1. anatomy situated behind the eye or the eye socket

Word History and Origins

Origin of postorbital¹

First recorded in 1825–35; post- + orbital

Example Sentences

Dorsally the origin is bounded by the base of the postorbital process and ventrally by the temporal process.

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Belodon has preorbital vacuities and postorbital vacuities, but the orbit of the eye is never large, as in Pterodactyles.

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This bone is associated with the postorbital, subopercular and lacrimojugal on no. 788.

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The concave anterior margin bears pores of the postorbital part of the infraorbital line.

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It is drawn out laterally into an antorbital process in front of the eye, and a postorbital process behind it.

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