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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| anterior (adj.) |
| is a technical adjective in medicine, biology, and the like: the anterior blood vessel is “the one before or in front” (the posterior vessel is “the one in back or behind”). When it combines elsewhere, anterior uses the preposition to and is usually limited to pretentious Formal or Oratorical contexts. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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