anterior
anterior
Definition
an·te·rior (an tir′ē ər)
adjective
- at or toward the front; forward; specif., ventral
- coming before in time, order, or logic; previous; earlier
- Bot. on the side away from the main stem
Etymology: L, compar. of ante, before
an·te′·ri·orly adverb
anterior
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- long: Wisdom was the Sayer personified long anterior to the Christ.
- just: For reasons unknown to me, fleas prefer the area just anterior to the base of the tail.
- probably: A church occupied the spot at an early period of our history, probably anterior to the Norman Conquest.
- slightly: The suckers are approximately the same in size, the ventral sucker being slightly anterior to the midline of the parasite.
- usually: Most of the displacement is usually anterior, and the posterior capsule is not significantly disrupted.
- right: George's first baby, Jemima, moved from right anterior to left anterior in the second stage of labor.
Modifies a noun
- ligament: An MRI scan was arranged which revealed the anterior cruciate ligament to be ruptured.
- pituitary: The anterior pituitary makes up 75 % of the total weight of the pituitary.
- uveitis: Research: Topical steroids in anterior uveitis - J A Dunne, J P Travers.
- commissure: Then use the X Y Z translation boxes to set the blue lines to cross at the anterior commissure.
- deltoid: This improves their ability to control the shoulder during the powerful concentric actions of the pectorals and anterior deltoid involved in throwing or serving.
- cortex: In five patients, lesions were adjacent to or within anterior language cortex.
Used with adjective complement
- leave: George's first baby, Jemima, moved from right anterior to left anterior in the second stage of labor.
- lie: It lies anterior to, and below the subclavian artery as it crosses the first rib.
Noun used with modifier
- occiput: The position is usually ' Left Occiput Anterior ' or LOA - occasionally the baby may be Right Occiput Anterior or ROA.
Browse dictionary entries near anterior
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- antennule
- antenna
- antenatal
- antemortem
- antemeridian
- antelope
- anteroom
- antetype
- anteversion
- antevert
- Antheil, George
- anthelion
- anthelix
- anthelmintic
- anthem
- anthemion
