Usually means: Located above the optic chiasm.
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  1. supraoptic: Merriam-Webster
  2. supraoptic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. supraoptic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. supraoptic: Wiktionary
  5. supraoptic: Dictionary.com

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  1. supraoptic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. supraoptic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. supraoptic: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (supraoptic)

▸ adjective:  (anatomy) Above the optic tract or chiasma

Similar:
supraoculomotor, preoptic, supraquiasmatic, suprathalamic, suprachiasmatic, suprachiasmatical, superchiasmatic, hypochiasmatic, superchiasmic, supraocular, more...

Opposite:
infraoptic, suboptic, subocular

Phrases:
Supraoptic nucleus, supraoptic commissure, supraoptic commissures, supraoptic nucleus of hypothalamus, more...

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Similar:
supraoculomotor, preoptic, supraquiasmatic, suprathalamic, suprachiasmatic, suprachiasmatical, superchiasmatic, hypochiasmatic, superchiasmic, supraocular, more...

Opposite:
infraoptic, suboptic, subocular

Phrases:
Supraoptic nucleus, supraoptic commissure, supraoptic commissures, supraoptic nucleus of hypothalamus, more...



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