Antro- or ventro- are the possible combining forms. In front of could be anterior to, ventral to, or if you want to indicate something is closer to the midline than something else you could say proximal to.
Ie: the stomach is anterior to the spine.
The elbow is proximal to the hand.
The medical term for before is "pre-" or "ante-".
Pre-
The only thing I've ever seen in medical terminology referring to before is pre, as in prenatal, pre-op, preexisting etc.
Anterior, ante-
That is the medical term. It means to use a product before looking at a slide under a microscope.
In medical terminology, it is known as cryptorchidism. In the fetal life, testes are abdominal organs from where they descend to scrotum before birth. The common term is "undescended testicle".
In medical terminology, this is what is known as aura, prodome, or set of 'prodromal symptoms'. Aura is a term used to describe peculiar symptoms that may appear before more definite symptoms of a disease or disorder such as Epilepsy or Migraine.
Pregastric means before the stomach.
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The medical meaning of the term 'antepartum' is occurring or existing before labor or childbirth. It can be associated with reduced fetal birth weight.
NPO is the medical abbreviation meaning nothing by mouth.
1. Basic Elements of Medical Words:Word Root - is the foundation of a medical term and contains its primary meaning, once you pull off any prefixes or suffixes, the root will be normally at the front or the back of the remaining word. Example: Omni - means all Omnipotent and omnipresent.Prefixes - Is placed before words or roots to show various kinds of relationships, a letter or group of letters attached to the beginning of a word that partly indicates its meaning. Example: dis = apart, away. pre = before. Anti = against.Suffixes - Is a letter, syllable or group of syllables that are added to the end of a word to change it into something else. Example: -ad, -algia, -asthenia.
Us- in medical terminology is the masculine latin noun and is also a singular suffix for many words. It can be changed to -i to make a plural form of many words. For example: bronchus can be changed to bronchi.
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Vertigo.
P in medical abbreviations stands for the Latin "post" meaning "after." Similarly, a means before because the Latin word for "before" is "ante."