- supraorbital line
- a line across the forehead, just superior to the root of the external angular process of the frontal bone.
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supraorbital line
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Supraorbital — Su pra*or bit*al, Supraorbitar Su pra*or bit*ar, a. (Anat.) Situated above the orbit of the eye. [1913 Webster] {Supraorbital point} (Anat.), the middle point of the supraorbital line, which is a line drawn across the narrowest part of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Supraorbitar — Supraorbital Su pra*or bit*al, Supraorbitar Su pra*or bit*ar, a. (Anat.) Situated above the orbit of the eye. [1913 Webster] {Supraorbital point} (Anat.), the middle point of the supraorbital line, which is a line drawn across the narrowest part… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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