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preauricular

preauricular

English

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:10.1371/journal.pone.0131655:
      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.