Meanings
adjectivesuperolateral (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyAbove and to the side.
Because only half of the orbital rim is preserved (the inferior, lateral, and superolateral aspects), it is impossible to measure the exact size of the orbit, but the orbital height and width can be estimated (Tables 2 and 3 ; Figs 2 –4 ).
2015 August 20, “Papio Cranium from the Hominin-Bearing Site of Malapa: Implications for the Evolution of Modern Baboon Cranial Morphology and South African Plio-Pleistocene Biochronology”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
Translations
Spanish superolateral
- superolateralabove and to the side
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with superolateral
lateralcollateralbilateralmultilateralunilateralcontralateraltrilateralipsilateralquadrilateralequilateralbasolateraldorsolateralventrolateralposterolateralanterolateralplurilateralacousticolateralambilateralapicolateralaxiolateralbasilateralcaudolateralcentrolateralcostolateral
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Chicago
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