anterior

[US]/ænˈtɪəriə(r)/
[UK]/ænˈtɪriər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.situated before or at the front of something; earlier in time; in medical terms, referring to the front

Phrases & Collocations

anterior chamber

anterior cruciate ligament

anterior teeth

anterior horn

anterior pituitary

anterior lobe

Example Sentences

the veins anterior to the heart.

an incident anterior to her troubles.

ages anterior to the flood

Objective. To investigate the outcome of anterior vertebrectomy, anterior strut grafting, and anterior instrumentation in patients with >30° sagittal contour deformity.

The tectospinal, vestibulospinal and reticulospinal descend ipsilaterally in the anterior column, but do not synapse across the anterior white commissure.

predorsal Area or distance anterior to first dorsal fin.

The common bile duct passes inferiorly, anterior to the epiploic foramen, where it is anterior to the right edge of the portal vein and on the right side of the hepatic artery.

Besides aligning malposed anterior teeth, some other factors may be critical to anterior dental esthetics in orthodontic treatment.

The larger portion, the anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis), is toward the top.

Variable degree of corectopia and peripheral anterior synechia occurred in all eyes.

Objective To investigate the mechanism of ulnar nerve anterior submuscular transposition in the treatment of cubit tunnel syndrome.

prenasal An anterior dermal bone near the snout tip, bearing a sensory canal.

No patients suffered from hypopyon or empyema of anterior chamber angle and hyperemia of optic papilla.

Methods: To monitor the AMI patiants electrocardiogram paries anterior, analyse the arrhythmia of all the ECG.

a large bony plate in the anterior third of the space between the lower jaws, in the bowfin.

Conclusion:The best procedure for anterior lingual gland cyst was surgically resection with ipsilateral or bilateral adenectomy.

Residual choleateatoma was found more frequently in the anterior epitympanum, the oval window niche, and the hypotympanum near the tubal orifice.

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