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Of or pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone.

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, the subcaudal, or chevron, bones.

Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries.

Situated or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoidean laryngotomy.

The lower opercular bone in fishes.

Situated under the periosteum. Subperiosteal operation (Surg.), a removal of bone effected without taking away the periosteum.

Situated under, or posterior to, the pubic bones.

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.

An acid phosphate. Superphosphate of lime (Com. Chem.), a fertilizer obtained by trating bone dust, bone black, or phosphorite with sulphuric acid, whereby the insoluble neutral calcium phosphate, Ca3(PO4)2, is changed to the primary or acid calcium phosphate Ca(H2PO4)2, which is soluble and therefore available for the…

Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

Above, or on the dorsal side of, the ethmoid bone or cartilage.

A bone which usually connects the clavicle with the post- temporal in the pectorial arch of fishes.

tuated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone. -- n.

Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone.

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

Situated above the temporal bone or temporal fossa. -- n.

Above the angular bone; supra-angular; -- applied to a bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds. -- n.

g which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals.

The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.