English
frontotemporoorbitozygomatic
fronto- + temporo- + orbito- + zygomatic
Formed from fronto- + temporo- + orbito- + zygomatic
Proto-Indo-European *temp- ‘to stretch, string’
Proto-Italic *tempos ‘stretch’
Latin tempus ‘a time’
English temporo-
Today it means
adj Relating to a surgical approach to the skull that involves the frontal, temporal, orbital, and zygomatic bone regions, typically used to access deep structures of the brain at the skull base.
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Etymograph / frontotemporoorbitozygomatic