temporal
adjective
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L227977 on Wikidata ↗noun
- relative anatomical position of the side of the head
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.pə.ɹəl/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French timporal, temporal, from Late Latin temporālis, from tempora (“the temples of the head”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of temporalis.
- Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French timporal, temporal, from Late Latin temporālis, from tempora (“the temples of the head”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of temporalis.
- Ellipsis of temporal bone.
- Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.