anteriorly
/an-teer-ee-er/US // ænˈtɪər i ər //UK // (ænˈtɪərɪə) //
前面,前部,前方,前面的
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adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : situated before or at the front of; fore.
- : going before in time or sequence; preceding; earlier: events anterior to the outbreak of war.
- : Linguistics. articulated in the region extending from the alveolar ridge to the lips; alveolar, dental, or labial.
- : pertaining to or toward the head or forward end of the body.
- : pertaining to or toward the front plane of the body, equivalent to the ventral surface of quadrupeds.
- : Botany. on the front side and away from the main axis, as the lower lip of a flower.
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Examples
The team saw nerve cells, or neurons, firing in the anterior cingulate cortex, an area important in human empathy and part of the brain region responsible for memory and cognition.
Prothorax two-thirds wider than long, sides parallel in basal half, convergent anteriorly.
The belly is creamy white anteriorly and vermillion red posteriorly.
A cream-colored lateral stripe is on the third and fourth dorsal scale-rows anteriorly and the second and third rows posteriorly.
Nostrils placed dorsolaterally and directed anteriorly, situated about midway between tip of snout and eye.
Specimens from the three mentioned localities have the dark nuchal spot bordered anteriorly by a pale blotch.
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