側頭線

Japanese

Kanji in this term
そく
Grade: 4
とう
Grade: 2
せん
Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

側頭 (temple) +‎ (line), calque of New Latin līnea temporālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [so̞kɯ̟to̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(そく)(とう)(せん) • (sokutōsen

  1. (anatomy) a temporal line
    Hyponyms: 下側頭線 (kasokutōsen), 上側頭線 (jōsokutōsen)
    Holonyms: 前頭骨 (zentōkotsu), 側頭骨 (sokutōkotsu)