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anteriorly

/an-teer-ee-er/US // ænˈtɪər i ər //UK // (ænˈtɪərɪə) //

前面,前部,前方,前面的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : situated before or at the front of; fore.
    • : going before in time or sequence; preceding; earlier: events anterior to the outbreak of war.
    • : Linguistics. articulated in the region extending from the alveolar ridge to the lips; alveolar, dental, or labial.
    • : pertaining to or toward the head or forward end of the body.
    • : pertaining to or toward the front plane of the body, equivalent to the ventral surface of quadrupeds.
    • : Botany. on the front side and away from the main axis, as the lower lip of a flower.

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Examples

  • The team saw nerve cells, or neurons, firing in the anterior cingulate cortex, an area important in human empathy and part of the brain region responsible for memory and cognition.

  • Prothorax two-thirds wider than long, sides parallel in basal half, convergent anteriorly.

  • The belly is creamy white anteriorly and vermillion red posteriorly.

  • A cream-colored lateral stripe is on the third and fourth dorsal scale-rows anteriorly and the second and third rows posteriorly.

  • Nostrils placed dorsolaterally and directed anteriorly, situated about midway between tip of snout and eye.

  • Specimens from the three mentioned localities have the dark nuchal spot bordered anteriorly by a pale blotch.