anterior : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: anterior	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anterior adj of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body Antonym(s): posterior earlier in time Synonym(s): anterior, prior(a) n a tooth situated at the front of the mouth; "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors" Synonym(s): front tooth, anterior
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anterior \Ante"rior\, a. [L. anterior, comp. of ante before.] 1. Before in time; antecedent. Antigonus, who was anterior to Polybius. --Sir G. C. Lewis. 2. Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior. Note: In comparative anatomy, anterior often signifies at or toward the head, cephalic; and in human anatomy it is often used for ventral. Syn: Antecedent; previous; precedent; preceding; former; foregoing.