(relational) Existing, occurring, or located on the surface. / (anatomy, relational) Situated or occurring on the skin or immediately beneath it.

The property of being superficial, the tendency to judge by surface appearance.

(surgery) The movement, typically of a fistula, to the surface prior to operation (typically in an obese patient)

plural of superficialism

superficiality

plural of superficial fascia

(anatomy) The thin layer of loose fatty connective tissue underlying the dermis and binding it to the parts beneath.

(anatomy) Either of the two terminal branches of each external carotid artery that pass upward over the zygomatic process of the temporal bone, and are distributed by way of branches especially to the more superficial parts of the forehead and sides of the head and face.