The Collaborative International Dictionary
Supraorbital \Su`pra*or"bit*al\, Supraorbitar \Su`pra*or"bit*ar\, a. (Anat.) Situated above the orbit of the eye.
Supraorbital point (Anat.), the middle point of the supraorbital line, which is a line drawn across the narrowest part of the forehead, separating the face from the cranium; the ophryon.
Wiktionary
a. (context anatomy English) Located immediately above the eye sockets, where in humans the eyebrows are located.
WordNet
adj. located or occurring above the eye socket [syn: supraocular]
Wikipedia
Supraorbital refers to the region immediately above the eye sockets, where in humans the eyebrows are located. It denotes several anatomical features, such as:
- Supraorbital artery
- Supraorbital foramen
- Supraorbital gland
- Supraorbital nerve
- Supraorbital ridge
- Supraorbital vein
Usage examples of "supraorbital".
In the skull, the supraorbital processes of the frontals are broader in the rorquals than in others, and the olfactory fossa is less elongated.
The cast of his features was similar, though more pronounced -- heavier supraorbital ridges, larger nose.
Below a receding forehead the supraorbital ridges stood out boldly, joining together between the eyes.
Pieces of truck had smashed her left humerus and cracked her left supraorbital ridge and four ribs, while small rocket fragments had struck her in the left arm and leg.
They were tiny, and very hairy, white-skinned, had huge supraorbital ridges, weak chins, breadloaf-shaped skulls, and thick bones.
The forehead between the short scalp hair and the brows on the huge supraorbital ridges receded sharply.
His face, with its prominent supraorbital ridges, long hooked nose, and massive chin, could have been that of a good-looking heavyweight champion.
HEAD was splitting with the agony of an infected supraorbital sinus, but she was no whiner and even managed a smile.
Anderson, by the greater forward projection of the supraorbital ridges, and by its much deeper face, and the occipital region more abruptly truncated than in the other species.
The prominent supraorbital ridge, deep sunken eyes, and tightly stretched skin were intimidating enough.
Or I should say, he was perhaps descended from the ape but he did not carry the killing genes any longer, any more than he carried the genes for a heavy supraorbital ridge of hairy skin or thick bones or a skull with only 650 cubic centimeters capacity.
Leighton had posed him at such an angle as to catch the high forehead, the swelling supraorbital ridges, the thick eyebrows, the driven hungry expression of his eyes, the thrusting chin, the high cheekbones.
One individual was tall and had heavy bones and a thick supraorbital ridge and heavy jaws.
His features were irregular: bulging supraorbital ridges, a straight nose of average size but with large nostrils, full lips, the upper very long, a clefted chin.
His supraorbital ridges were thick, bony shelves above shrewd dark-brown eyes.