dorsotemporal

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adjective

dorsal to the temples (of the head)

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Meanings

adjectivedorsotemporal (not comparable)
  1. not comparabledorsal 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

From dorso- + temporal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dorsotemporal

temporalintertemporalspatiotemporalfrontotemporalatemporalanterotemporalantitemporalauriculotemporalbasitemporalbasotemporalbiotemporalbitemporalcentrotemporalcorticotemporalcotemporalextratemporalgeotemporalhypertemporalinferotemporalinfratemporalintratemporalisotemporallaterotemporalmediotemporal
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Anagrams

temporodorsal
Cite this entry
APA

dorsotemporal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorsotemporal

MLA

“dorsotemporal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorsotemporal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dorsotemporal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorsotemporal.

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