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pre-auˈricular, a. Anat. [pre- B. 3.] 1. [ad. mod.L. (sulcus) præ-auriculāris (coined in Ger. by T. Zaaijer 1866, in Natuurkundige Verhandelingen te Haarlem XXIV. 28).] Designating a groove situated immediately anterior to the inferior margin of the auricular surface of the ilium, and better developed in the female than in the male.
[1886Rep. Sci. Results Voy. H.M.S. Challenger XVI. xlvii. 55 The most distinct examples of the sulcus præ⁓auricularis were found in the pelves of the Sandwich Island women.] 1897Lippincott's Med. Dict. 822/2 Pre⁓auricular sulcus. 1911Anatomischer Anzeiger XXXIX. 17 If now a dissection of the sacro-iliac joint is made in a woman, the praeauricular sulcus is seen to be entirely filled with ligamentous fibres. 1914J. E. Frazer Anat. Human Skeleton v. 132 The pre-auricular groove..is as a rule only found on female bones. 1974Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. XLI. 381/1 The pre-auricular groove of the ilium is usually cited as one of the morphological features to be noted when sexing human pelves. 2. Situated in front of the ear(s).
1901Amer. Anthropologist III. 38 Preauricular. 1934Jrnl. Anat. LXVIII. 533 Pre-auricular fistulae and pre⁓auricular appendages..lie along the line of the first pharyngeal depression. 1970Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalm. LXXII. 798 (caption) Pre-auricular lymph node showing secondary malignant melanoma. |