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anteroposteriorly

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • From the front to the back; fore and aft.

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  • adverb biology Along the anteroposterior axis

Etymologies

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anteroposterior +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Tainotherium differs from other West Indian species in possessing a large femoral head, a proximally angled femoral neck, a short greater trochanter and a medially positioned lesser trochanter unconnected by an intertrochanteric crest, and a transversely flattened, anteroposteriorly bowed shaft lacking well-defined ridges.

    Archive 2006-12-01 2006

  • The first case (Fig. 72) was a paralytic idiot of thirty-nine, whose cranial development was small in proportion to the size of the face and body; the cranium was oxycephalic; the scalp was lax and redundant and the hair thin; there were 13 furrows, five on each side running anteroposteriorly, and three in the occipital region running transversely.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • To show how minute some of the feet of the Chinese women are, Figure I. of the accompanying plate (Plate 8), taken from a paper by Kenthughes on the ` ` Feet of Chinese Ladies '' 14.185 is from a photograph of a shoe that measured only 3 1/4 inches anteroposteriorly.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • The first case was a paralytic idiot of thirty-nine, whose cranial development was small in proportion to the size of the face and body; the cranium was oxycephalic; the scalp was lax and redundant and the hair thin; there were 13 furrows, five on each side running anteroposteriorly, and three in the occipital region running transversely.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • "Feet of Chinese Ladies" is from a photograph of a shoe that measured only 3 1/4 inches anteroposteriorly.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • Figure II. is a reproduction of a photograph of a foot measuring 5 1/2 inches anteroposteriorly, the wrinkled appearance of the skin being due to prolonged immersion in spirit.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • Dorsally, the paradiapophyseal lamina defines the posteroventral margin of a distinct anteroposteriorly elongate anterior chonos on the lateral surface of the prezygapophysis.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010

  • The shafts are robust and moderately compressed anteroposteriorly, with elliptical sections.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010

  • Dorsally, the blade is weakly expanded anteroposteriorly, producing a gently concave anterior and posterior margin in lateral view.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010

  • The transverse processes are anteroposteriorly centered over the centrum and project laterally.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010

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