anteroposterior
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See also: ântero-posterior
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
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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Translations
anterior to posterior
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See also
Anatomical terms of location on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French antéropostérieur.
Adjective
anteroposterior m or n (feminine singular anteroposterioră, masculine plural anteroposteriori, feminine and neuter plural anteroposteriore)
Declension
Declension of anteroposterior
| singular | plural | ||||||
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | anteroposterior | anteroposterioră | anteroposteriori | anteroposteriore | ||
| definite | anteroposteriorul | anteroposteriora | anteroposteriorii | anteroposteriorele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | anteroposterior | anteroposteriore | anteroposteriori | anteroposteriore | ||
| definite | anteroposteriorului | anteroposteriorei | anteroposteriorilor | anteroposteriorelor | |||
Spanish
Adjective
anteroposterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural anteroposteriores)
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Further reading
- “anteroposterior”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014