Meaning & use
infraorbital
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Situated beneath the eye socket (orbit).
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The infraorbital nerve supplies feeling to the skin below the eye.
The fracture affected the infraorbital rim of the skull.
A note on using this word
A precise anatomical term used mainly in medicine; its counterpart "supraorbital" describes the area above the eye socket.
Words with an opposite meaning
supraorbital
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