stem of assumed L. *anterus, positive of ANTERIOR; used in Eng. as comb. form of the latter in modern technical adjectives = Front, fore; as antero-external, front outside or outer; antero-frontal, pertaining to the front part of the forehead; antero-inferior, lower front; antero-lateral, front side; antero-parietal, belonging to the front of the parietal or side plates of the skull; antero-posterior, front and back, forward and backward; antero-spinal, etc.
Also in advs., as antero-posteriorly, etc.
1852. Dana, Crust., I. 362. The antero-external angle of the second joint.
1879. Academy, 11 Jan., 35/2. Lesions (destructive and irritative) of the antero-frontal region [of the brain].
1849–52. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., IV. 815/1. In the antero-inferior triangle of the neck.
1838. Blackw. Mag., XLIII. 653/2. It is situated at the inferi- or antero-lateral extremity of the nose.
1864. Reader, 23 April, 525/2. The outer surface [of this brain] has only the Sylvian fissure, and a faint trace of the antero-parietal.
1870. Rolleston, Anim. Life, 7. The anteroposterior movement of the lower jaw.
1878. A. M. Hamilton, Nerv. Dis., 221. Antero-spinal paralysis … is ushered in by fever.
1849–52. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., IV. 1122/2. The tongue … is flattened antero-posteriorly.
