used as combining form of L. transvers-us TRANSVERSE (see -O suffix), in a few rare scientific terms: Transverso-cubital, Transverso-medial adjs., Entom. crossing the cubital, or the medial, cells of the wing, as certain nervures. Transverso-spinal a., Anat. an epithet of several muscles attached to the transverse processes of the vertebræ. Transverso-vertical a., relating to, or expressing the ratio between, the transverse and vertical dimensions (greatest breadth and greatest height), as the transverso-vertical index in craniometry.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Dict., Transverso-spinal.
1891. Cent. Dict., Transversocubital, Transversomedial, Transversovertical.
