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anteroposterior — ANTEROPOSTERIÓR, OÁRĂ, anteroposteriori, oare, adj. Care are direcţia din faţă către spate. [pr.: ri or] – Din fr. antéropostérieur. Trimis de ana zecheru, 17.02.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 anteroposteriór adj. → posterior Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007 … Dicționar Român
anteroposterior — Desde la parte anterior a la parte posterior del cuerpo, término que suele hacer referencia a la dirección seguida por la fuente de rayos X. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A … Diccionario médico
anteroposterior — adj. 2 g. Que vai ou está de diante para trás. ♦ Grafia em Portugal: ântero posterior … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
anteroposterior — adjective a) Anterior to posterior; front to back anteroposterior movement b) Of or pertaining to the relation between anterior and posterior the anteroposterior axis Syn: AP … Wiktionary
Anteroposterior (anatomic orientation) — From front to back, as opposed to posteroanterior. When a chest x ray is taken with the back against the film plate and the x ray machine in front of the patient it is referred to as an anteroposterior (AP) view. For a more complete listing of… … Medical dictionary
Anteroposterior (AP) — In anatomy, AP stands for anteroposterior: from front to back. For example, an AP X ray of the chest is taken from front to back. AP in this respect is the opposite of PA, which stands for posteroanterior: from back to front … Medical dictionary
anteroposterior facial dysplasia — defective development resulting in abnormal anteroposterior relationship of the maxilla and mandible to each other or to the cranial base with secondary malocclusion … Medical dictionary
anteroposterior axis — The longitudinal axis, from head to tail … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
anteroposterior — 1. Relating to both front and rear. 2. In x ray imaging, describing the direction of the beam through the patient (projection) from anterior to posterior, e.g., an A P projection of the abdomen; or the direction of view (A P … Medical dictionary
anteroposterior diameter — the distance between a point on the anterior aspect and one on the posterior aspect of a structure, such as the true conjugate diameter of the pelvis, or the occipitofrontal diameter of the skull … Medical dictionary
anteroposterior diameter of pelvis — one of the pelvic diameters from the region of the coccyx to the midline of the pubic symphysis; see conjugata recta pelvis and conjugata vera pelvis … Medical dictionary
