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temporoorbital

temporoorbital adjective: relating to the temple and the orbit of the eye.

Adjective

temporoorbital (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the temple and the orbit of the eye
    • After passing rostrally into the dorsotemporal fossa, the stapedial artery becomes the temporoorbital artery (temporal artery of Oelrich [52 ]).2015 October 15, “Vascular Patterns in Iguanas and Other Squamates: Blood Vessels and Sites of Thermal Exchange”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of temporoorbital

From temporo- + orbital.

Questions about temporoorbital

What does temporoorbital mean?
Temporoorbital means relating to the temple and the orbit of the eye.
What part of speech is temporoorbital?
Temporoorbital is an adjective.

Words near temporoorbital in the dictionary

  1. temporomaxillary
  2. temporomedial
  3. temporomesial
  4. temporonasal
  5. temporooccipital
  6. temporoorbital
  7. temporoparietal
  8. temporoparietalis
  9. temporoparietalis muscle
  10. temporoparietalis muscles
  11. temporoparietooccipital

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