ectal

Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer.

Adjective

  1. Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer.
    • Note on the ectal ("apparent”) origin of the N. trigeminus in the cat - 1883, Burt Green Wilder, On the Brain of a Cat Lacking the Callosum, Preliminary Notics:

Origin

From ecto- + -al.

Forms

more ectal most ectal

Antonyms

ental

Derived

ectally