单词 | supraorbital |
释义 | supraorbitaladj.n. Anatomy and Zoology. A. adj. Situated or occurring above the orbit of the eye. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [adjective] > socket of eye orbital?1541 orbitary1703 superciliary1704 orbitar1726 suborbitary1733 infra-orbitar1741 supraorbital1767 supraorbitar1775 supra-orbitary1794 suborbitar1797 suborbital1803 infra-orbital1806 infra-orbitary1822 lachrymonasal1837 interorbital1852 preorbital1852 transorbital1852 orbitosphenoid1854 exorbital1876 periorbital1890 1752 tr. L. Heister Compend. Anat. 36 Of the external foramina of the cranium, there are two proper ones of the os frontis, a little above the orbits. These are, from their situation, called supraorbitalia.] 1767 T. Percival Ess. Med. & Exper. iv. 192 Would not blisters covering the nerves which issue through the supra orbital foramen, and spread themselves on the forehead, be serviceable? 1828 J. Quain Elements Anat. x. 648 The external, or supra-orbital branch [of the frontal nerve] passes directly forwards. 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. iv. 117 The supra-orbital plates or processes of the frontal bones are much broader than in the wild rabbit. 1876 C. S. Tomes Man. Dental Anat. 39 Pain..is often referred to the point of emergence of a nerve, as..in supra-orbital neuralgia. 1902 E. R. Lankester in Trans. Zool. Soc. 16 vi. 303 The genus Okapia may be characterized as..Giraffidæ with a pair of supraorbital frontal horn-bosses. 1951 G. R. de Beer Vertebr. Zool. (ed. 2) iv. 32 One portion goes forwards over the eye as the supra-orbital canal, the other beneath it as the infraorbital canal. 2009 Embalmer Mar. 22/2 The superior portion of the eye socket and supraorbital margin are also formed by this bone. B. n. A supraorbital part or structure; esp. a supraorbital bone in a fish or reptile. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > socket of eye > parts of or associated with eyebrow1583 meditullium1683 superciliary ridge1726 superciliary arch1733 supraorbital1797 lacrimal1822 suborbital1824 suborbitary1825 suborbitar1828 superciliary1831 eyebrow ridge1837 eye cap1837 orbitosphenoid1847 prefrontal1851 superorbital1854 jugum sphenoidale1887 ungual bone1888 1797 J. Bell Anat. Human Body II. 335 The frontal artery is now to be distinguished from the supra-orbital; for the supra-orbital rises deep in the socket, emerges by the supra-orbitary hole,..and makes no remarkable figure upon the face. 1831 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom II. 472 (caption) Head of the Great Python of Java... d.d. Supra orbitals. 1901 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 14 320 The superior margin of the squamosal is even less pronounced in melanurus than in prehensilis, the supraorbitals are also less prominent. 1941 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 31 362 The forehead is flat and strongly receding and supra-orbitals heavy. 2004 M. K. Vickaryous et al. in D. B. Weishampel et al. Dinosauria (ed. 2) xvii. 373/1 For the majority of ankylosaur taxa, identification of the supraorbitals is restricted to their ornamental embellishment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1767 |
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