Definition of anterior

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Anterior (a.) Before in time; antecedent.

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Phragmocone :: Phragmocone (n.) The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of a belemnite.
Wing-handed :: Wing-handed (a.) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls..
Frontal :: Frontal (a.) Of or pertaining to the forehead or the anterior part of the roof of the brain case; as, the frontal bones..
Preoblongata :: Preoblongata (n.) The anterior part of the medulla oblongata.
Hypozoic :: Hypozoic (a.) Anterior in age to the lowest rocks which contain organic remains.
Fore :: Fore (adv.) Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon..
Hemelytrum :: Hemelytrum (n.) One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc..
Cephalothorax :: Cephalothorax (n.) The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax..
Basion :: Basion (n.) The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.
Before :: Before (prep.) Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when; -- sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in order that.
Goitre :: Goitre (n.) An enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck; bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and is most common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland..
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..
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