Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Situated in front of or superior to the median axis of the body or a body part.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or situated upon that side of the axis of either fore or hind limb of a vertebrate which is anterior when the limb is extended at a right angle with the long axis of the body: the opposite of
postaxial .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal; anterior; cephalic; esp., in front, or on the anterior, or cephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a limb.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Located in front of an
axis
Etymologies
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Examples
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Were your brain appreciably larger, large enough to put the strain on your Princess Grace neck that your loppy preaxial digits put upon your wrists, you conceivably would possess a superior intellect.
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976
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Dr. Robbins looked hard at Sissy's preaxial digits, then at his own.
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976
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Jelly took Sissy's hand, carefully avoiding its first or most preaxial digit, and helped her to feel the depression in her belly.
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976
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They do not know, are never to know, whether the sound issued from your throat or was produced by your first or most preaxial digit as it was thrown through air.
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976
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The saying concerned the first or most preaxial digit of the human hand, although it had nothing to do with palmistry.
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976
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THEY CONTINUED TO GROW, the first or most preaxial digits of Sissy's hands.
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976
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They continued to grow, the first or most preaxial digits of Sissy's hands, and not quite in direct ratio with the rest of her growing-girl self.
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976
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It says 'the short, thick first or most preaxial digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers by having two phalanges and greater freedom of movement.
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976
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The preaxial part is derived from the anterior segments, the postaxial from the posterior segments of the limb-bud; and this explains, to a large extent, the innervation of the adult limb, the nerves of the more anterior segments being distributed along the preaxial (radial or tibial), and those of the more posterior along the postaxial (ulnar or fibular) border of the limb.
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The lateral epicondyle of the humerus, the radius, and the thumb lie along the preaxial border of the upper limb; and the medial epicondyle of the femur, the tibia, and the great toe along the corresponding border of the lower limb.
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