anterior
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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
Vocabulary lists containing anterior
Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: ante, anti
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