Definition of Temporal canthus

1. Noun. The outer corner of the eye.

Generic synonyms: Canthus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporal Canthus

tempo
tempo mark
tempolabile
tempora
temporal
temporal aponeurosis
temporal apophysis
temporal arrangement
temporal arteries
temporal arteritis
temporal artery
temporal bone
temporal bones
temporal branch of facial nerve
temporal canal
temporal canthus (current term)
temporal case
temporal cases
temporal cortex
temporal dispersion
temporal distributive
temporal fascia
temporal fossa
temporal gyrus
temporal horn
temporal hour
temporal hours
temporal line
temporal lobe
temporal lobe epilepsy

Literary usage of Temporal canthus

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

1. An Epitome of Braithwaite's Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery by William Braithwaite, Walter S. Wells (1860)
"Mr. Estlin says:] I have been accustomed to use this little instrument differently, inserting it through the cornea, near the temporal canthus, close to the ..."

2. Original contributions concerning the glandular structures appertaining to by Adolf Alt (1900)
"2 and 3, but still further toward the temporal canthus, showing a large ... 6, Vertical (sagittal) section through both eyelids at the temporal canthus, ..."

3. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"Point of union of the upper and lower eyelids at the temporal (canthus minor) and nasal (canthus major) angles of the eye. (CFH) Capacity [Lat. capax, ..."

4. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"The two points where the eyelids meet are called the canthi or angles of the lids; a mesal (inner) or nasal and a lateral (outer) or temporal canthus. ..."

5. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"The two points where the eyelids meet are called the canthi or angles of the lids ; a mesal (inner) or nasal and a lateral (outer) or temporal canthus. ..."

6. Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects by Hermann von Helmholtz, Edmund Atkinson (1897)
"A still better experiment is to throw sunlight through a small lens upon the white of the eye at the outer angle (temporal canthus), while the globe is ..."

7. Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects by Hermann von Helmholtz, Edmund Atkinson (1873)
"A still better experiment is to throw sunlight through a small lens upon the white of the eye at the outer angle (temporal canthus), while the globe is ..."

8. Popular lectures on scientific subjects by Hermann von Helmholtz (1873)
"A still better experiment is to throw sunlight through a small lens upon the white of the eye at the outer angle (temporal canthus), while the globe is ..."

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