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pre-ˈaxial, a. Anat.
[f. pre- B. 3 + L. axis: cf. axial.]
Situated in front of the axis of the body or of a limb. Hence pre-ˈaxially adv.
1872Mivart Elem. Anat. 37 All parts which in man are relatively superior, and in beasts anterior, can be termed pre-axial in all cases. Ibid. 52 In the common european Terrapin we find the fourth cervical with its centrum convex pre-axially, and concave post-axially. 1875Sir W. Turner in Encycl. Brit. I. 819/2 Quite recently the term præ-axial has been introduced as equivalent to atlantal, and post-axial to sacral. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 169. |