anterodorsal

See also: ântero-dorsal

English

Etymology

From antero- +‎ dorsal.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)səl

Adjective

anterodorsal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) in front (at the head end) and toward the back (side nearest the spine)
   • 1978, Robert Vernon Kesling, ‎Ruth B. Chilman, Ostracods of the Middle Devonian Silica Formation:

     The difference between the kloedenellids and the geisinids, as defined, is the development of an anterodorsal process in the former.

Derived terms

• anterodorsally

 

Translations

in front and toward the back

• Portuguese: ântero-dorsal