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supraorbital

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uː.pɹəˈɔː.bɪt.əl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uː.pɹəˈɔː.bɪt.l̩/
  • General-American: /ˌsu.pɹəˈɔɹ.bət.l̩/
  • General-American: /ˌsu.pɹɑˈɔɹ.bət.l̩/
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)bɪtəl

1

adj

Meaning 1

Located immediately above the eye sockets, where in humans the eyebrows are located.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: supraorbitar

Antonyms: infraorbital, suborbital

2

noun

Meaning 2

An ossification above the eye sockets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

located or occurring above the eye socket

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: supraocular

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From supra- + orbital.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 眶上 — located immediately above the eye sockets
  • Czech: nadočnicový — located immediately above the eye sockets
  • Czech: supraorbitální — located immediately above the eye sockets
  • Spanish: supraorbitario — located immediately above the eye sockets