superciliary ridge

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. browridge.

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Etymology

Origin of superciliary ridge

First recorded in 1725–35

Example Sentences

For it could be argued that the superciliary ridge is a social and cultural battleground on a par with the armpit.

From The Guardian

The superciliary ridges often project and give the beetling brow that is sometimes so remarkable.

From Project Gutenberg

Owing to the relation which exists between muscular development and the projection of the brows,378 the superciliary ridge is generally more strongly marked in man than in woman.

From Project Gutenberg

The large superciliary ridges give the forehead a far more retreating appearance than its internal contour would bear out.

From Project Gutenberg

A cicatrix covering a slight depression was easily found, above the left superciliary ridge of the frontal bone, and over the superior orbitar foramen.

From Project Gutenberg