dorsotemporal

English

Etymology

dorso- +‎ temporal

Adjective

dorsotemporal (not comparable)

  1. dorsal to the temples (of the head)
    • 2015 October 15, “Vascular Patterns in Iguanas and Other Squamates: Blood Vessels and Sites of Thermal Exchange”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0139215:
      The stapedial artery then passes rostrolateral to the paroccipital process and ventral to the dorsotemporal process of the parietal bone.
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