a. Anat. [f. TRANS- 5 + L. tempora the temples: cf. TEMPORAL a.2] Crossing the temples; traversing the temporal lobe of the brain, as the transtemporal fissure.
1889. Bucks Handbk. Med. Sc., VIII. 157/1. The crossing of the temporal lobe ventrad of the supertemporal fissure by two transtemporal fissures.