frontad

F4R1O1N1T1A1D2
/ˈfrʌn.tæd/

adverb

Towards the front; anteriorly or frontward.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adverbfrontad (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteanatomyTowards the front; anteriorly or frontward.

    The trabeculae develop at a considerable distance from each other and, although certainly converging slightly frontad, they never give rise to a trabecula communis.

    1922 June, Torsten Pehrson, “Some Points in the Cranial Development of Teleostomian Fishes”, in Acta Zoologica, volume 3, number 1, →DOI, page 33
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    In the sections, a partial atrophy of the ascending root can be traced frontad from a point between the second and third cervical nerve to the level of exit of root.

    1883, E. C. Seguin, “Gudden's Atrophy Method: And a Summary of Its Results”, in Archives of Medicine, volume 10, number 3, section IX "Nuclei of the cranial nerves", page 245

    Pitchy black, antenna, mandible and legs brick-red, femora brown, except base; pubescence silky, grey, slightly yellowish, dense on scutellum and metasternal episternum, and forming two narrow, transverse bands on elytra, the first before middle, irregular, produced frontad at suture, the second before declivous apex.

    1903 August, Karl Jordan, “African Cerambycidae”, in Novitates Zoologicae, volume 10, number 2, section 11 "Derolus dilatatus", page 136

    On both sides the sulcus praelunatus is small, but its course frontad between the lateral extremity of the transverse occipital furrow and the mesial side of the sulcus occipitalis inferior, leaves no doubt as to its identity.

    1915 April, Davidson Black, “A Note on the Sulcus Lunatus in Man”, in The Journal of Comparative Neurology, volume 25, number 2, →DOI, page 129

    Synonyms: anteriad, anteriorly

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbTowards the front; anteriorly or frontward.

Origin

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