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Anterior

see synonyms of anterior

Noun

1. anterior, front tooth

a tooth situated at the front of the mouth

Example Sentences:
'his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors'

Adjective

2. anterior

of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body

3. anterior, prior

earlier in time

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Anterior

see synonyms of anterior
adjective
1. 
situated at or towards the front
2. 
earlier in time
3. zoology
of or near the head end
4. botany
(of part of a flower or leaf) situated farthest away from the main stem

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Anterior

see synonyms of anterior
adjective
1. 
at or toward the front; forward; specif., ventral
see also posterior
2. 
coming before in time, order, or logic; previous; earlier
3.  Botany
on the side away from the main stem

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Anterior

see synonyms of anterior
adj.
1. Placed before or in front.
2. Occurring before in time; earlier.
3. Anatomy
a. Located near or toward the head in lower animals.
b. Located on or near the front of the body in higher animals.
c. Located on or near the front of an organ or on the ventral surface of the body in humans.
4. Botany In front of and facing away from the axis or stem.

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