Search the Dictionary

Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.

70 words match “SUPRA”

SUPRARENAL a. 2 definitions

A suprarenal capsule. Suprarenal capsules (Anat.), two small bodies of unknown function in front of, or near, the kidneys in most vertebrates. Also called renal capsules, and suprarenal bodies.

SUPRASCALPULAR; SUPRASCALPULARY a.

Situated above, or on the anterior side of, the scapula.

SUPRASPHENOIDAL a.

Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body.

SUPRASPINAL a. 2 definitions

Situated above a spine or spines; supraspinate; supraspinous.

SUPRASPINATE; SUPRASPINOUS a.

Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.

SUPRASTAPEDIAL a. 2 definitions

The suprastapedial part of the columella.

SUPRASTERNAL a.

Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.

SUPRATEMPORAL a. 2 definitions

A supratemporal bone.

SUPRATROCHLEAR a.

Situated over or above a trochlea or trochlear surface; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.

SUPRAVAGINAL a.

Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane.

Supervision. [Obs.]

A supervisor. [Obs.]

Being above the vulgar or common people. [R.] Collier.

ADDISON'S DISEASE n.

brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.

ADRENALINE; ADRENALIN n.

A crystalline substance, C9H13O3N, obtained from suprarenal extract, of which it is regarded as the active principle. It is used in medicine as a stimulant and hemostatic.

with the portal vessels and insheathing the latter in their course through the organ. -- Suprarenal capsule, an organ of unknown function, above or in front of each kidney.

Between the hyoid bone and the lower jaw, pertaining to them; suprahyoid; submaxillary; as, the hyomental region of the front of the neck.

INFRALAPSARIAN n.

nd the elect as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty state; -- opposed to Supralapsarian. The former considered the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose in regard to men.

The supraorbital point.