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English
Etymology
From anteroposterior + -ly.
Adverb
anteroposteriorly (not comparable)
- (biology) Along the anteroposterior axis
1959, Fred Albert Mettler, The Medical Sourcebook, page 669:The nonpregnant uterus has the shape of a pear, compressed anteroposteriorly and bent forward upon its neck.
1997, University of Michigan. Museum of Paleontology, Contributions, volume 30, page 67:The neural spine is about 120 mm long anteroposteriorly at the base, while it is only about 13 mm thick.
Coordinate terms
Translations
along the anteroposterior axis