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ˈantero- stem of assumed L. *anterus, positive of anterior; used in Eng. as comb. form of the latter in modern technical adjectives = Front, fore; as antero-external, front outside or outer; antero-frontal, pertaining to the front part of the forehead; antero-inferior, lower front; antero-lateral, front side; antero-parietal, belonging to the front of the parietal or side plates of the skull; antero-posterior, front and back, forward and backward; antero-spinal, etc. Also in advs., as antero-posteriorly, etc.
1852Dana Crust. i. 362 The antero-external angle of the second joint. 1879Academy 11 Jan. 35 Lesions of the antero-frontal region [of the brain]. 1849–52Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. IV. 815/1 In the antero-inferior triangle of the neck. 1838Blackw. Mag. XLIII. 653 The inferi- or antero-lateral extremity of the nose. 1864Reader 23 Apr. 525/2 The outer surface [of this brain] has only the Sylvian fissure, and a faint trace of the antero-parietal. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 7 The anteroposterior movement of the lower jaw. 1878A. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 221 Antero-spinal paralysis..is ushered in by fever. 1849–52Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. IV. 1122/2 The tongue..is flattened antero-posteriorly.
Add: anterodorsally.
1961J. E. Collin Empididae i. viii. 185 Care must be taken to note the presence of small but distinct bristles above front, and *anterodorsally on hind, tibiae. 1989Jrnl. Zool. CCXIX. 169 The tongue is moved anterodorsally and slipped beneath the food item. antero-inferiorly.
1907A. M. Buchanan Man. of Anat. II. 1025 The digastric or submaxillary triangle is bounded..*antero-inferiorly by the anterior belly of the digastric. 1992Anatomical Rec. CCXXXIII. 322/2 The lateral posterior ciliary artery..runs antero-inferiorly along the upper edge of the inferior rectus muscle. anterolaterally.
1909Cent. Dict. Suppl., *Anterolaterally. 1967G. M. Wyburn et al. Conc. Anat. iv. 125/2 It [sc. the posterior cranial fossa] is formed mainly by the parts of the occipital bone enclosing the foramen magnum with anterolaterally the petromastoid part of the temporal bone. 1992Brain Res. DLXXXVI. 39/2 The axons of the two tap neurons were seen to run antero-laterally. |