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anterior

[an-teer-ee-er] / ænˈtɪər i ər /


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The 27-year-old Arsenal forward arrived at the awards on crutches after an Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury against Manchester United in November.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2022

Anterior pituitary hormones are sometimes referred to as tropic hormones, because they control the functioning of other organs.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Anterior hip replacement patients often need less pain medication after surgery, practitioners of the technique say, although this varies by the individual.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2016

Anterior to the talus is the navicular bone, and anterior to this are the medial, intermediate, and lateral cuneiform bones.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Anterior to that period, therefore, it is self-evident that, inasmuch as the Icelanders had no existence as a nation, the Icelandic Tongue could not have had a separate existence as a language.

From Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race by Johnes, Arthur James




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