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Adjective
/anˈti(ə)rēər/,
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Nearer the front, esp. situated in the front of the body, or nearer to the head or forepart,
  1. Nearer the front, esp. situated in the front of the body, or nearer to the head or forepart
    • - the veins anterior to the heart
  2. (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the main stem

  3. Coming before in time; earlier
    • - there are few examples of gold and silver work anterior to the dynasty of the Romanoffs
  1. of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
  2. front tooth: a tooth situated at the front of the mouth; "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors"
  3. earlier in time
  4. (anteriority) the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head
  5. (anteriority) priority: preceding in time
  6. (anteriorly) in an anterior direction
  7. Standard anatomical terms of location are employed in science which deal with the anatomy of animals to avoid ambiguities which might otherwise arise. They are not language-specific, and thus require no translation. ...
  8. Anterior is a five-piece heavy metal band from Tredegar, Wales. They are currently signed to Metal Blade Records, although they were also approached by Manowar's Joey DeMaio. They have released one album through Metal Blade, the critically acclaimed This Age of Silence.
  9. Coronal consonants are articulated with the flexible front part of the tongue. Only the coronal consonants can be divided into apical (using the tip of the tongue), laminal (using the blade of the tongue), domed (with the tongue bunched up), or subapical (using the underside of the tongue), as ...
  10. Before in place; Before or earlier in time; prior to; preceding; Nearer the forward end; nearer the head of an animal or the front of a human
  11. The front portion of the body. It is often used to indicate the position of one structure relative to another.
  12. Refers to the teeth and tissues located towards the front of the mouth (upper or lower incisors and canines).
  13. The front aspect of the body in the anatomical position. If A is in front of B in the anatomical position, then A is said to be anterior to B.
  14. Baby faces the correct way (face down) when emerging from the uterus.
  15. The front of the body.
  16. The front or forward facing direction. (Your mouth is on the anterior portion of your skull.)
  17. term referring to the front area of the mouth
  18. at or near the front of something
  19. In neuroanatomy, anterior (rostral) is a direction meaning toward the nose.
  20. away from the axis, toward the subtending (enclosing) bract. cf. posterior.
  21. 'Towards the head.' In the case of the oyster, the end closest to the mouth, which is the hinge end.
  22. Situated forward, towards the head end. As opposed to Posterior at the tail end. See Gastropod shell parts.
  23. Towards the nose end; also called rostral. See Posterior.
  24. before or in front of; in anatomy; the abdominal side of a person
  25. toward the front or nose, see also rostral (Sheep Brain Dissection)