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English
Etymology
From antero- + posterior.
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Adjective
anteroposterior (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Anterior to posterior; front-to-back.
- anteroposterior movement
2002, Robert Dudley, The Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution, →ISBN, page 43:[…] also effects the fore-aft (anteroposterior) wing motions known as promotion and remotion.
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the relation between anterior and posterior.
- the anteroposterior axis
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French antéropostérieur.
Adjective
anteroposterior m or n (feminine singular anteroposterioră, masculine plural anteroposteriori, feminine and neuter plural anteroposteriore)
- anteroposterior
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Spanish
Adjective
anteroposterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural anteroposteriores)
- anteroposterior
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