- Placed before or in front.
- Occurring before in time; earlier.
- Anatomy.
- Located near or toward the head in lower animals.
- Located on or near the front of the body in higher animals.
- Located on or near the front of an organ or on the ventral surface of the body in humans.
- Botany. In front of and facing away from the axis or stem.
[Latin, comparative of ante, before.]
anteriority an·te'ri·or'i·ty (-ôr'ĭ-tē, -ŏr'-) n.anteriorly an·te'ri·or·ly adv.





