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anterior

1. Zoology of or near the head end
2. Botany (of part of a flower or leaf) situated farthest away from the main stem
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anterior

[an′tir·ē·ər]
(zoology)
Situated near or toward the front or head of an animal body.
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Materialism does not mean the priority or anteriority of the body over thought, but the expressive power of the body to pass from silence to the production of sense beyond the established image of thought: being as voice and vital clamor.' Van Tuinen, Sjoerd, 'Deleuze: Speculative and Practical Philosphy', forthcoming in Armen Avanessian & Suhail Malik (eds.), Genealogies of Speculation.