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supra-ˈorbital, a. (n.) Anat. and Zool.
[ad. mod.L. suprā-orbitālis: see supra- 1 b and orbital.]
Situated or occurring above the orbit of the eye. Also as n. a supra-orbital artery, vein, bone, or nerve.
1828Quain Elem. Anat. 648 The external, or supra-orbital branch [of the frontal nerve]. 1846Owen in Rep. Brit. Assoc. i. 283 The bones of the dermo-skeleton are:—The Supratemporals; The Supraorbitals; The Suborbitals; The Labials. 1868Darwin Anim. & Pl. I. iv. 117 The supra⁓orbital plates or processes of the frontal bones are much broader than in the wild rabbit. 1876Tomes Dental Anat. 39 Pain..is often referred to the point of emergence of a nerve, as..in supra-orbital neuralgia.
Also supra-ˈorbitar, supra-ˈorbitary [mod.L. suprā-orbitārius], adjs.
1782Monro Anat. 287 The sight may be lost by an injury done to the supra-orbitar branch. 1814Sir C. Bell Anat. Expression ii. (ed. 3) 49 The prominences over the orbits (the supra-orbitary ridges), which are peculiar to a more advanced age. 1856Todd & Bowman Phys. Anat. II. 7 The fissure which bounds the supra-orbitar convolution. |