superjacent
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of superjacent
1600–10; < Latin superjacent- (stem of superjacēns ), present participle of superjacēre to rest upon. See super-, subjacent
Example Sentences
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Village streets threaded around the hillside, eternally watched over by the superjacent castle.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2011
Organs which easily expand laterally by encroachment upon their neighbors, which is a common effect of local excitement, must be slow to make any impression upon the superjacent bone of the cranium.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan
He said to himself, If these infusorial animalcules come from germs, their germs must exist either in the substance infused, or in the water with which the infusion is made, or in the superjacent air.
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley
Endobronchial neoplasms may cause a subjacent bronchiectasis, and superjacent stenosis; the latter may require dilatation.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
Steam is used partly to soften the membranes, but principally to increase the secretion from the mucous membrane, and thereby throw off the superjacent membrane.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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