Anterior Definition

ăn-tîrē-ər
adjective
At or toward the front; forward; specif., ventral.
Webster's New World
Coming before in time, order, or logic; previous; earlier.
Webster's New World
On the side away from the main stem.
Webster's New World
Placed before or in front.
American Heritage Medicine
Occurring before in time; earlier.
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Origin of Anterior

  • Latin comparative of ante before ant- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin anterior, comparative of ante (“forward, before”)

    From Wiktionary

Anterior Sentence Examples

  • The anterior end of body always shows some "cephalization."

  • The most important of these opens by the ventral pedal pore, situated in the median line in the anterior half of the foot.

  • They are all pelagic, the foot being entirely transformed into a pair of anterior fins; eyes are absent, and the nerve centres are concentrated on the ven tral side of the oesophagus.

  • Animal fixed by the shell, the last whorls of which are not in contact with each other; foot small; two anterior pedal tentacles.

  • Visceral sac and shell coiled in one plane; foot divided transversely into two parts, posterior part bearing an operculum, anterior part forming a fin provided with a sucker.

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Words Starting With

AANANT

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RORIOR

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