antero-

(Latin: before, in front of; fore, prior, preceding; used as a prefix)

anterodorsal

anteroexternal

anterofrontal

anterograde

anteroinferior

anterointernal

anterolateral

anteromedial

1. In front of and toward the middle line.
2. In medicine, situated anteriorly and to the medial side; preferred to anterointernal.

anteromedian

1. In front and in the central line.
2. In medicine, situated anteriorly and toward the median plane.

anteroparietal

Situated in a forward part or on the wall of an organ or cavity.

anteroposterior

anterospinal

anterosuperior

In anatomy, situated anteriorly (before or in front of) and superiorly (above or higher in place or position of) another bodily part.

anteroventral

Anterozoa

A rarely used taxon of the animal kingdom erected in contrast to Parazoa (taxon of the animal kingdom at one time erected to contain the phylum Porifera) and which therefore contained all animals except Protozoa and Porifera.

Related before-word units: ante-; anti-; pre-; pro-.

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