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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Anterior \An*te"ri*or\, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: anterior adj 1: (zoology) of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body [ant: {posterior}] 2: earlier in time [syn: {prior(a)}] n : a tooth situated at the front of the mouth; "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors" [syn: {front tooth}]
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