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anteroposterior

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Latin *anterus Latin anterior New Latinder. English antero- Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post Latin posterus Latin posteriorbor. English posterior English anteroposterior From antero- + posterior.

  1. Anterior to posterior; front-to-back.

    anteroposterior movement

    […] also effects the fore-aft (anteroposterior) wing motions known as promotion and remotion.

  2. Of or pertaining to the relation between anterior and posterior.

    the anteroposterior axis