superiorly

Examples

• All

• Superiorly, the lesion extended into the sellar area and eroded the right anterior clinoid process.

  Academic text (2006)

• No definitive tract was seen inferiorly or superiorly.

  Academic text (1995)

• The mass extended superiorly on the left to the orbital floor.

  Academic text (2005)

• The patent opening of the frontal sinus is visible superiorly.

  Academic text (2008)

• The lesion appeared lobulated superiorly and lay deep to the sternocleidomastoid.

  Academic text (2007)

• The rest of the branches course to the angle of the mouth or caudally and superiorly into the mandibular arch.

  Academic text (2003)

• Dissection continued to the periosteum, which was raised inferiorly and superiorly.

  Academic text (2009)

• Thus, computer assistance during endoscopic ethmoidectomy helps prevent injury to the skull base and cribriform plate area superiorly and the orbital contents laterally.

  Academic text (1999)

• Once this plane is achieved, a Kitner or Freer elevator is used to clear all attachments of the styloid as superiorly as possible up to the skull base.

  Academic text (2008)

• The doctor explained that the stubborn infection had spread superiorly from the throat to the nasal cavity.

Synonyms

U

uppermost

vssuperiorly

8 4.7

At the very top

is used for being above another part often in anatomical contexts

U

upmost

vssuperiorly

1 4.4

Nearest to the top of something

is about being higher than a nearby part especially in anatomy

How High

superiorly

• Specialized

1 7.4

overhead

79 2.0

above

202 1.0

below

484 1.0

low

22 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology