episkeletal

[Greek epi =upon; English epi =on, to, and stello to send; Sp., Port., & Ital. skelet ( on ), and suff. -al.] Anat.: Above the embryonic vertebral axis. The name given by Huxley to what Quain prefers to call epiaxial (q. v.). episkeletal-muscles, s. pl. Anat .: The epiaxial-muscles (q. v.).