Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Situated on the floor of, or below, the orbit of the eye; suborbital: chiefly applied to a branch of the trifacial nerve, to the track of that nerve along the floor of the orbit, and to a foramen on the cheek just under the orbit, whence the nerve emerges.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Below the orbit

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  • adjective anatomy Below the orbit (of the eye)

Etymologies

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infra- +‎ orbital

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Examples

  • For example, implants are specifically designed to augment the bone that lies directly beneath the eye -- the infraorbital rim.

    Michael Yaremchuk, M.D.: The Plastic in Plastic Surgery: New Methods of Facial Reconstruction M.D. Michael Yaremchuk 2011

  • For example, implants are specifically designed to augment the bone that lies directly beneath the eye -- the infraorbital rim.

    Michael Yaremchuk, M.D.: The Plastic in Plastic Surgery: New Methods of Facial Reconstruction M.D. Michael Yaremchuk 2011

  • One is infraorbital hyperpigmentation, darkness concentrated on this area of skin, which is a genetic trait.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • The procedure also plumps up the infraorbital hollow, eliminating the shadow effect that lends a tired, droopy basset hound look to the face.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • WHAT A DOCTOR CALLS THEM: infraorbital hyperpigmentation although this refers to just one cause of the problem, pigmented skin

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • WHAT A DOCTOR CALLS THEM: infraorbital hyperpigmentation although this refers to just one cause of the problem, pigmented skin

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • WHAT A DOCTOR CALLS THEM: infraorbital hyperpigmentation although this refers to just one cause of the problem, pigmented skin

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • One is infraorbital hyperpigmentation, darkness concentrated on this area of skin, which is a genetic trait.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • One is infraorbital hyperpigmentation, darkness concentrated on this area of skin, which is a genetic trait.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • The procedure also plumps up the infraorbital hollow, eliminating the shadow effect that lends a tired, droopy basset hound look to the face.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

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