anterior
Meanings
adj
- Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
- (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
- Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
- Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.
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Borrowed from Latin anterior (“that is before, foremost”).
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