adj 1  :  situated toward the head and further away from the feet than another and esp. another similar part of an upright body esp. of a human being <the medial edge of the patient's right scapula -J. M. Lewis>  - compare INFERIOR1    2  :  situated in a more anterior or dorsal position in the body of a quadruped - compare INFERIOR2   .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  spar·er 
 
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