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Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone.

Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys. -- n.

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

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

Situated above the vertebral column.

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.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals. -- n.

Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.

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

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

Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane.

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

A prefix signifying over, above, beyond, upon.

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

Having a surbase, or molding above the base. (b) Etym: [F. surbaissé.]

unglison. -- Surgeon dentist, a dental surgeon; a dentist. -- Surgeon fish. See def. 2, above. -- Surgeon general. (a) In the United States army, the chief of the medical department. (b) In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the chief of the medical department.

To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop. The mountains of Olympus, Athos, and Atlas, overreach and surmount all winds and clouds. Sir W. Raleigh.

A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name.

survey the surrounding country. Round he surveys and well might, where he stood, So high above. Milton.

To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.