Definition of anterior

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

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Cromlech :: Cromlech (n.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause..
Basion :: Basion (n.) The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.
Presternum :: Presternum (n.) The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium.
Head :: Head (n.) The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon..
Anteriorly :: Anteriorly (adv.) In an anterior manner; before.
Pubis :: Pubis (n.) The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone.
Procoelian :: Procoelian (a.) Concave in front; as, procoelian vertebrae, which have the anterior end of the centra concave and the posterior convex..
Prosoma :: Prosoma (n.) The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod..
Brain :: Brain (n.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates.
Dermopteran :: Dermopteran (n.) An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig..
Trochosphere :: Trochosphere (n.) A young larval form of many annelids, mollusks, and bryozoans, in which a circle of cilia is developed around the anterior end..
Heteroptera :: Heteroptera (n. pl.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera..
Premaxilla :: Premaxilla (n.) A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillae become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone..
Suprarenal :: Suprarenal (a.) Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys..
Antenicene :: Antenicene (a.) Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith..
Facies :: Facies (n.) The anterior part of the head; the face.
Nose :: Nose (n.) The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory..
Coleoptera :: Coleoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils..
Propodium :: Propodium (n.) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.
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