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-anterior a., situated above and in front; Superodorsal a., situated above and towards the back; Supero-external a., situated above and on the outside; Superofrontal a., situated in the upper part of the forehead, or of the frontal lobe of the brain; Supero-internal a., situated above and on the inside; Superolateral a., situated above and on one side; Supero-occipital a. = SUPEROCCIPITAL; Superoposterior a., situated above and behind. b. in derived advs., as superodorsally, -externally, -internally, -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. Ibid. (1903), 17 March, 269. The alisphenoid … is not yet completely ossified…. Its *supero-external angle is produced outwards to form the postorbital process. Ibid. (1899), 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, Observ. Cranial Forms Amer. Aborigines, 29. No. 1447 … exhibits the *supero-occipital flatness of the Swedish form.
1852. Dana, Crust., II. 1272. This *supero-posterior portion of the shell. Ibid. (1849), Geol., App. i. (1850), 699. *Supero-posteriorly there are four smaller … depressions.
