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anteroposteriorly

anteroposteriorly adverb: along the anteroposterior axis.

Adverb

anteroposteriorly (not comparable)

  1. Along the anteroposterior axis
    • The nonpregnant uterus has the shape of a pear, compressed anteroposteriorly and bent forward upon its neck.1959, Fred Albert Mettler, The Medical Sourcebook, page 669
    • The neural spine is about 120 mm long anteroposteriorly at the base, while it is only about 13 mm thick.1997, University of Michigan. Museum of Paleontology, Contributions, volume 30, page 67

Origin of anteroposteriorly

From anteroposterior + -ly.

Questions about anteroposteriorly

What does anteroposteriorly mean?
Anteroposteriorly means along the anteroposterior axis.
What part of speech is anteroposteriorly?
Anteroposteriorly is an adverb.

Words near anteroposteriorly in the dictionary

  1. anterooms
  2. anteropalatal
  3. anteroparietal
  4. anteroposterior
  5. anteroposteriority
  6. anteroposteriorly
  7. anteroproximal
  8. anteroproximally
  9. anterorolandic
  10. anteros
  11. anteroseptal

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