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antroverted

antroverted is the alternative form of anteroverted.

Meaning of anteroverted

Adjective

anteroverted (comparative more anteroverted, superlative most anteroverted)

  1. Bent forward.
    • The head is small and placed upon a short, distinct neck, and is thus less sessile than in Proterotherium, more antroverted and with the pit for the round ligament less extended proximally, but of similar ovoid shape, with the long axis directed anteroposteriorly.1901, John Bell Hatcher, Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899, volume 7
    Synonyms:
    anteverted, antrorse
    Antonyms:
    retroverted, retrose

Forms of antroverted

comparativemore antroverted
superlativemost antroverted

Questions about antroverted

What is antroverted the alternative form of?
Antroverted is the alternative form of anteroverted.

Words near antroverted in the dictionary

  1. antrostomy
  2. antrotomies
  3. antrotomy
  4. antroventrally
  5. antroversion
  6. antroverted
  7. antrum
  8. antrum of Highmore
  9. antrums
  10. antrums of Highmore
  11. antrustion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antroverted (page history and authors); anteroverted (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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