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anterior

[an-teer-ee-er] / ænˈtɪər i ər /


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Gorden missed Angel City’s inaugural season after tearing her left anterior cruciate ligament in preseason training.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Two weeks later, a doctor diagnosed Fennell, 53 years old, with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION, a condition that leads to sudden, often permanent vision loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

That came with Leonard in street clothes, nursing a torn anterior cruciate ligament, an injury the Clippers kept secret until it was announced later that summer that their star player had surgery to repair it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Meanwhile, Spurs attacking midfielder Xavi Simons said "the first four days were the worst days of my life" as he recalled the anterior cruciate ligament injury he suffered in April.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

The network included parts of the brain like the anterior cingulate cortex, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and, crucially, the prefrontal cortex.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel


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