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crotaphic, a. Anat.|krəʊˈtæfɪk|
[f. Gr. κρόταϕος, pl. -οι the temples; cf. F. crotaphique.]
Of or pertaining to the temples, temporal. ˈcrotaphite a. and n. [F. crotaphite (16th c. Paré), Gr. κροταϕίτης] (a) temporal, as in ‘crotaphite arteries’; † (b) n. the temporal muscle (obs.). crotaˈphitic a., temporal, as in ‘crotaphitic nerve’, the superior maxillary division of the fifth cerebral nerve.
1653Urquhart Rabelais i. xxv, The crotaphick artery. 1656Blount Glossogr., Crotaphites, the two muscles of the temples. 1713Cheselden Anat. iii. xv. (1726) 254 Under the crotaphyte muscle. 1841Cruveilhier Anat. I. 311 The Temporal muscle or Crotaphyte..occupies the whole of the Temporal fossa. 1839Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 271/2 The ‘crotaphitic’ and..the ‘buccinator’ nerves. |