supero-
(s(j)uːpərəʊ)
modern combining form of L. superus that is above, upper (see superior), in terms of anatomy and zoology, designating parts situated above or on the upper side. a. in adjs., as supero-anˈterior a., situated above and in front; superoˈdorsal a., situated above and towards the back; supero-exˈternal a., situated above and on the outside; superoˈfrontal a., situated in the upper part of the forehead, or of the frontal lobe of the brain; supero-inˈternal a., situated above and on the inside; superoˈlateral a., situated above and on one side; supero-ocˈcipital a. = superoccipital; superopoˈsterior a., situated above and behind. b. in derived advs., as superodorsally, supero-externally, supero-internally, supero-posteriorly.
| 1849 Dana Geol. App. I. (1850) 686 *Supero-anterior margin slightly depressed. |
| 1899 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 19 Dec. 1029 *Supero-dorsally it [the proötic] is notched to form the inferior border of the floccular fossa. |
| 1903 Ibid. 17 Mar. 269 The alisphenoid..is not yet completely ossified... Its *supero-external angle is produced outwards to form the postorbital process. |
| 1899 Ibid. 19 Dec. 1029 The exoccipital..is bounded *supero-internally by the supraoccipital, and *supero-externally by that portion of the proötic cartilage which lodges the floccular fossa. |
| 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 874/1 note, The *supero-, mid-, and infero-frontal subdivisions of the frontal area of the skull. 1890 Billings Med. Dict. s.v. Frontal, The superior frontal or supero-frontal [sulcus]. |
| 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life 103 Common Crayfish... The *supero-lateral ossicles. |
| 1866 J. A. Meigs Cranial Forms Amer. Aborig. 29 No. 1447..exhibits the *supero-occipital flatness of the Swedish form. |
| 1852 Dana Crust. ii. 1272 This *supero-posterior portion of the shell. |
| 1849 ― Geol. App. i. (1850) 699 *Supero-posteriorly there are four smaller..depressions. |