单词 | preauricular |
释义 | preauricularadj. Anatomy. 1. Located in front of the ear. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [adjective] auricular1649 parotic1857 postauricular1869 preauricular1876 1876 A. C. Coperthwaite Insanity Medico-legal Relations xxvi. 243 The pre-auricular gland is enlarged. 1934 Jrnl. Anat. 68 533 Pre-auricular fistulae and pre-auricular appendages..lie along the line of the first pharyngeal depression. 1995 A. I. Lane Return of Buffalo iv. 95 The gunshot resulting in death entered the right preauricular region and did not pass into the skull. 2. Designating a groove in the ilium situated lateral to the auricular surface, which is more prominently developed in the female than in the male. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bony support for limbs > pelvis > [adjective] > hip bone > ilium > groove in preauricular1897 1897 Lippincott's Med. Dict. 822/2 Pre-auricular sulcus. 1911 Anatomischer Anzeiger 39 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. 1974 Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. 41 381/1 The pre-auricular groove of the ilium is usually cited as one of the morphological features to be noted when sexing human pelves. 1994 W. Maples & M. Browning Dead Men do tell Tales viii. 107 These telltale signs of childbirth appear on the dorsal side of the pubic symphysis near the margins of the articular surfaces and in the preauricular grooves or sulci of the ilia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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