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anterior

adjective as in beginning, prior

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In everyday life, just about any form of deferred gratification you can think of will strengthen the underlying mechanism, which is centered in a part of the brain called the anterior cingulate cortex.

If you’ve ever dealt with hip-flexor pain, anterior-knee pain, or lower-back pain on a long walk or run, then you might lack back-line participation.

For example, the head forms at the anterior end, limbs form in the mid-body, and the tail forms at the posterior end.

The anterior cingulate cortex plays a role in emotion, blood pressure, heart rate, morality and where we allocate our attention, all of which come into play during nightmares.

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Marquis explains that the likeliest loci are the anterior cingulate cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, and medial prefrontal cortex.

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That action puts a stress in the anterior cruciate ligament.

That which is called nasality is caused by the failure of the tone to reach freely the anterior cavities of the nares.

Its anterior portion is slender and thread-like, while the posterior portion is thicker (Fig. 112).

Because the people of God view themselves as bound by anterior engagements of his Church.

This was the first settling of North America, and thirteen years anterior to the landing of the Pilgrims.

The projection of the anterior root of P4 seems to be correlated with the presence or absence of P3.

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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to anterior, such as: antecedent, former, past, precedent, foregoing, and preceding.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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