preauricular

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English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ auricular.

Pronunciation

Adjective

preauricular (not comparable)

  1. in front of the external ear
    • 2015 July 8, “Modulation of Rolandic Beta-Band Oscillations during Motor Simulation of Joint Actions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      The signals were bandpass-filtered to 0.03–330 Hz and sampled at 1 kHz. Four head-position-indicator coils were attached to the subject's scalp, and head coordinates were registered with a 3D digitizer by identifying the locations of the coils together with the locations of three anatomical landmarks (nasion and left and right preauricular points) and some additional points on the scalp.