supraorbital

[ soo-pruh-awr-bi-tl ]

/ ˌsu prəˈɔr bɪ tl /

adjective

situated above the eye socket.

Words nearby supraorbital

supranuclear, supranuclear paralysis, supraocclusion, supraoptic commissure, supraoptic nucleus of hypothalamus, supraorbital, supraorbital arch, supraorbital artery, supraorbital foramen, supraorbital nerve, supraorbital ridge

Origin of supraorbital

1820–30; < New Latin suprāorbitālis equivalent to Latin suprā- supra- + orbit(a) orbit + -ālis -al¹

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Examples from the Web for supraorbital

The patient complains of impairment of sight and of frontal or supraorbital pain.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Each bears a pore of the supraorbital line just below the midline.
A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas|Joan Echols
The supraorbital flanges of the frontoparietals do not appear until all other cranial bones are ossified, or nearly so.
Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca|William E. Duellman
There is also a pit indicating the presence of a supraorbital sensory pore.
A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas|Theodore H. Eaton

Juveniles of calidipes and sacki are alike in coloration but different in the extent of the supraorbital semicircle-series.
A New Subspecies of Lizard, Cnemidophorus sacki, from Michoacan, Mexico|William E. Duellman

British Dictionary definitions for supraorbital

supraorbital

/ (ˌsuːprəˈɔːbɪtəl, ˌsjuː-) /

adjective

anatomy situated above the orbit

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Medical definitions for supraorbital

supraorbital

[ sōō′prə-ôr′bĭ-tl ]

adj.

Located above the orbit of the eye.