situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region
Word origin
[1840–50; supra- + temporal2]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: colloid, flan, organizer, set piece, warmup
Examples of 'supratemporal' in a sentence
supratemporal
Scleral depression revealed a ciliary body mass in the supratemporal quadrant.
Kassa, Enoch, Li, Helen, Sun, Yang 2014, 'Neovascular glaucoma in a child: an unusual presentation of medulloepithelioma', GMS Ophthalmology Caseshttp://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/oc/2014-4/oc000016.shtml. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The frequencies of dermoid cysts in supranasal and supratemporal locations were fairly equal (46% and 49.4% respectively).
Bahram Eshraghi, Hesam Hashemian, Mona Safizadeh, Mohammadreza Akbari 2013, 'Periocular Dermoid Cysts: Common Sites in Referral Cases in An Iranian Population',Iranian Journal of Ophthalmologyhttp://www.irjo.org/browse.php?a_id=879&sid=1&slc_lang=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)