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What is the adjective for anteriority?

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anterior
  1. Before in place.
  2. Before or earlier in time; prior to; preceding.
  3. (anatomy) Nearer the forward end; nearer the head of an animal or the front of a human.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The anterior chapter of the book laid the foundation for the complex plot that followed.”
      “The anterior portion of the ship was adorned with a majestic figurehead.”
      “Its fibers pass dorsally from an extensive anterior attachment to insert on the pharyngeal raphe, the pharyngeal tubercle of the occipital bone.”
anteroposterior
  1. (anatomy) Anterior to posterior; front-to-back.
  2. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the relation between anterior and posterior.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The surgeon carefully examined the patient's anteroposterior spinal alignment before proceeding with the procedure.”
      “The patients were randomly assigned to undergo cardioversion with anteroposterior or anterolateral placement of paddles.”
      “The same radiologist measured the anteroposterior diameter of the patellar tendon next to the inferior patellar pole on the axial sequence.”
anterorolandic
  1. (medicine) Anterior to the Rolandic fissure in the brain (now called the central sulcus).
anteroseptal
  1. (anatomy) anterior to the septum (of the heart)
anterosuperior
  1. (anatomy) From anterior to superior
  2. Examples:
    1. “The surgeon uses unipolar or bipolar electrosurgery to place a midline anterosuperior mark on the inner perichondrium.”
      “The preferred location for the ostium created by DCR is through the lacrimal bone in the anterosuperior part of the lateral nasal wall.”
      “Intraoperatively, the right nasal cavity was examined and a large ulcerated lesion was noted on the anterosuperior septum.”
anteromesial
  1. (anatomy) Both anterior and mesial
anteriour
  1. Obsolete form of anterior.
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