Is there a single word that means above and in front?

Is there a single word that means above and in front?

Like "The cabinet is above and in front of my head."

Solution 1:

I posed the question to a Radiographer (my wife) and she immediately answered 'antero-superior'. Medical language is extremely accurate, and needs to be, and for that reason I believe it is the best single word answer (normally hyphenated). However it's not commonly understood. Some Military language is also extremely accurate, as in Kipling's poem "Gunga Din", where the regimental water-carrier was very accurately described as "squatting 50 paces right flank rear". The problem is that we have no concise language that is universal and accurate in describing a specific relative position in space. For that reason I fear we will nearly always use a cumbersome phrase. An extremely good question that goes "above & beyond".