dorsotemporal
dorsotemporal adjective: dorsal to the temples (of the head).
Adjective
dorsotemporal (not comparable)
- dorsal to the temples (of the head)
- The stapedial artery then passes rostrolateral to the paroccipital process and ventral to the dorsotemporal process of the parietal bone.2015 October 15, “Vascular Patterns in Iguanas and Other Squamates: Blood Vessels and Sites of Thermal Exchange”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin of dorsotemporal
From dorso- + temporal.
Words that rhyme with dorsotemporal
- temporal
- transtemporal
- bitemporal
- extratemporal
- intratemporal
- multitemporal
- nontemporal
- spatiotemporal
- supratemporal
- anterotemporal
- antitemporal
- atemporal
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- auriculotemporal
- basitemporal
- basotemporal
- biotemporal
- centrotemporal
- corticotemporal
- cotemporal
- frontotemporal
- geotemporal
- hypertemporal
- inferotemporal
- infratemporal
- intertemporal
- isotemporal
- laterotemporal
- mediotemporal
- microtemporal
- midtemporal
- monotemporal
- nasotemporal
- occipitotemporal
- omnitemporal
- ophthalmotemporal
- orbitotemporal
- parietotemporal
- phylotemporal
- physiotemporal
- posttemporal
- pretemporal
- pseudotemporal
- rostrotemporal
- septotemporal
- sociotemporal
- spectrotemporal
- sphenotemporal
- subtemporal
- superotemporal
- tritemporal
- unitemporal
- ventrotemporal
- visuotemporal
- zygomaticotemporal
Questions about dorsotemporal
- What does dorsotemporal mean?
- Dorsotemporal means dorsal to the temples (of the head).
- What part of speech is dorsotemporal?
- Dorsotemporal is an adjective.
Words near dorsotemporal in the dictionary
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