anteriadadv.
/anˈtɪərɪad/, U.S. /ænˈtɪriæd/ Towards the anterior part or surface of the body.
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upwardsc1400
posteriorly1598
centrad1803
dextrad1803
distad1803
peripherad1803
proximad1803
sinistrad1803
atlantad1825
rostrad1831
mesially1849
ventrad1849
peripherally1852
posterolaterally1857
rostrally1863
distally1870
medianly1870
ventrally1870
postaxially1873
preaxially1873
posteroventrally1877
proximally1878
mesad1881
lateralwards1882
ventralwards1883
preaxiad1888
mesally1890
anteriad1891
haemad1891
postaxiad1892
lateralward1895
sagittally1895
ventral1899
posteriad1902
ipsilaterally1950
midsagittally1960
ventromedially1960
1891 H. B. Ward in Bull. Mus. Compar. Zoöl. Harvard 21 159 The circular [muscular] layer..grows gradually less important anteriad.
1903 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 1902 24 66 The rudiment of the gall-bladder which in the previous stage..opens dorsad..in the present stage..opens anteriad.
2010 W. Ahmad & M. S. Jairajpuri Mononchida: Predatory Soil Nematodes ii. 30 The tooth apex may be massive or minute,..perpendicular or projecting anteriad or posteriad.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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