Definition of Orbital point

1. Noun. The craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit.

Exact synonyms: Orbitale
Generic synonyms: Craniometric Point

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orbital Point

orbital layer of ethmoid bone
orbital margin of eyelids
orbital motion
orbital muscle
orbital neoplasms
orbital nerve
orbital opening
orbital ophthalmoplegia
orbital part of frontal bone
orbital part of lacrimal gland
orbital part of optic nerve
orbital part of orbicularis oculi muscle
orbital plane
orbital plate
orbital plate of ethmoid bone
orbital point (current term)
orbital process
orbital pseudotumour
orbital region
orbital ridge
orbital rim
orbital riveting
orbital rotation
orbital septum
orbital sulci
orbital surface
orbital symmetry
orbital syndrome
orbital tubercle of zygomatic bone

Literary usage of Orbital point

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Common Forms of Functional Nervous Diseases by Leopold Putzel (1880)
"The following ones are observed in neuralgia of the ophthalmic branch: a supra-orbital point, at the supra-orbital notch or foramen, a parietal point, ..."

2. Handbook of Electricity in Medicine by Hyacinthe Guilleminot (1906)
"There is a supra-orbital point where the frontal branch of the ophthalmic nerve issues from the supra-orbital foramen. There is a nasal point where the ..."

3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1892)
"Median frontal sub-cerebral, from the nasal to the supra-orbital point. Median frontal cerebral, from supra-orbital point to bregma. ..."

4. An Analysis of Derivative Words in the English Language, Or, A Key to Their by Salem Town (1860)
"Peri,gee, the moon's orbital point nearest the earth. Peri,helion, a planet's orbital point nearest the sun. BYN, SYL SYM, BY—(sun) denote with; ..."

5. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"E. ligament, a ligament from the outer wall of the tympanum to the head of the malleus. E. medullary lamina. See MEDULLARY LAMINAE. B. orbital point. ..."

6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Supra-orbital point, a tender point Just above the supra-orbital notch or foramen, appearing in supra- ..."

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