(anatomy) A muscle of the face that arises from the nasal process of the maxilla, that passes downward and laterally, that divides into a part inserting into the alar cartilage and one inserting into the upper lip and that dilates the nostril and elevates the upper lip.

(anatomy) A thin flat extrinsic muscle of the eye arising from the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, passing forward and downward over the superior rectus, and inserting into the tarsal plate of the skin of the upper eyelid which it elevates.

A mother superior.

plural of superioress

plural of superiorship

The monastic role or position of superior.

Alternative form of Homo superior (“The hypothetical next evolutionary step beyond Homo sapiens.”)

(anatomy) A facial muscle arising from the lower margin of the orbit and inserting into the muscular substance of the upper lip which it elevates.

(anatomy) Most superior

plural of levator labii superioris