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Situated immediately in front of the loins;- applied to the dorsal part of the abdomen.

Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxillæ; intermaxillary. -- n.

Situated in front of the molar teeth. --n.

Situated in front of the nose, or in front of the nasal chambers.

Situated in front of the operculum; pertaining to the preoperculum. -- n.

Situated in front of, or anterior to, the mouth; as, preoral bands.

a. (Anat.) Situated in front or the orbit.

Situated in front of, or anterior to, the penis.

Situated in front of, or anterior to, the pubis; pertaining to the prepubis.

A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones.

Situated in front of the sphenoid bone; of or pertaining to the anterior part of the sphenoid bone (i. e., the presphenoid bone). Presphenoid bone (Anat.), the anterior part of the body of the sphenoid bone in front of the basisphenoid. It is usually a separate bone in the young or fetus, but becomes a part of the sphe…

Situated in front of the temporal bone.

Situated in front of the tibia.

Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal.

Situated in front of the notochord; -- applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull.

Situated in front of the nasal chambers.

highest division, or subclass, of gastropod mollusks, including those that have the gills situated anteriorly, or forward of the heart, and the sexes separate.

A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail.

tanding before; -- applied to a gland which is found in the males of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the bladder where this joins the urethra. -- n.

That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth. -- Pro*sto"mi*al, a.