anterior

Speech parts

1. anterior - Noun

2. anterior - Adjective

3. anterior - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Before in time; antecedent.

Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

former previous prior preceding antecedent foregoing front before forward precedent frontal fore earlier frontward front tooth
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Antonyms

posterior verso chine croup after last
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Hypernyms

tooth

Hyponyms

bucktooth

Related terms

past anterior auricularis anterior

Phrases with the word

anterior and posterior anterior plagiocephaly anterior clinoid process anterior to anterior to the nose anterior lobe of the hypophysis

Anagrams

erration eritoran rationer

Examples

Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath. Emily Dickinson

The question of Hayek's relationship to the Chicago school of economics raises the anterior question of the Chicago school of economics itself. Alan O. Ebenstein

With such evidence, as well as the sealed doorway between the two guardian statues of the King, the mystery gradually dawned upon us. We were but in the anterior portion of a tomb. Howard Carter

I was hospitalized five times in 2011 because of my skiing. Fracturing my left shoulder twice, snapping my anterior cruciate ligament once and smashing my scapula into five pieces. Heather Mills

his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors Source: Internet

Additional Images Greater omentum and stomach Stomach A more realistic image, showing the celiac artery and its branches; the liver has been raised, and the lesser omentum and anterior layer of the greater omentum removed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

anterioparaxial anterioposterior anterioposteriorly anterior and posterior anterior auricular muscle anterior belly of digastric