anterior


Definition: Meaning of, anterior in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / anˈtɪərɪə /

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  1. technical at or towards the front [↪  posterior]
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  2. formal happening or existing before something else
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anterior used in phrases

  • acute anterior poliomyelitis (noun)
    1. an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
  • anterior cardinal vein (noun)
    1. a major drainage channel from the cephalic part of the body
  • anterior cerebral artery (noun)
    1. 2 1 one of two branches of the internal carotid artery; divides into two branches that serve the thalamus and parts of the frontal and parietal cortex
  • anterior cerebral vein (noun)
    1. accompanies the anterior cerebral artery and empties into the basal vein
  • anterior crural nerve (noun)
    1. one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh
  • anterior facial vein (noun)
    1. a continuation of the angular vein; unites with the retromandibular vein before emptying into the internal jugular vein
  • anterior fontanelle (noun)
    1. corresponds to the bregma when bones have ossified
  • anterior horn (noun)
    1. one of two the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers
  • anterior jugular vein (noun)
    1. arises below the chin from veins draining the lower face; joins the external jugular vein
  • anterior labial veins (noun)
    1. veins from the labia majora to the external pudendal vein
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