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anterior

adj
/anˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/UK/ænˈtɪɹ.i.ɚ/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior (“that is before, foremost”).

  1. borrowed from anterior

Definitions

  1. Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body

    Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.

    • Transillumination of anterior teeth, using the composite curing light placed labially to shine through the tooth and be viewed using the mouth mirror, shows up any cavities as dark interproximal shadows.
    • Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.

  2. Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.

    • anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.

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Derived

anterior auricular muscle, anterior cerebral artery, anterior chamber, anterior choroidal artery, anterior ciliary artery, anterior cingulate cortex, anterior commissure, anterior communicating artery, anterior cruciate ligament, anterior deltoid, anterior ethmoidal artery, anterior inferior cerebellar artery, anterior interosseous syndrome, anteriority, anteriorization, anteriorize, anteriorly, anteriorally, anterior median fissure, anteriormost, anteriorness, anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland, anterior scalene muscle, anterior spinal artery, anterior spinal artery syndrome, anterior superior alveolar artery, anterior superior iliac spine, anterior triangle, anterior wall, anteriorward, antero-, centroanterior, distoanterior, dorsoanterior, duplicitas anterior, inferoanterior, lateroanterior, medioanterior, mentoanterior · +12 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at anterior. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at anterior. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at anterior

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA