释义 |
▪ I. preˈtemporal, a.1 (n.)|priː-| [ad. mod.L. prætemporālis: see pre- B. 3 and temporal (belonging to the temple).] Situated in front of the temporal region of the skull: applied to a muscle. Also ellipt. as n.
[1866Owen Vertebr. Anim. I. 223 The temporal is represented by two muscles, one of which, the pretemporalis..has its origin extended forward into the orbit from beneath the postfrontal. ] Ibid., Its fibres pass vertically external to those of the pretemporal. ▪ II. pretemporal, a.2 see pre- B. 1. |