What does the word frontal mean?
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Relating or belonging to the front. This name has been given to several parts. Winslow, Sommering, and others, call the anterior part of the occipito-frontals -the frontal muscle or fronta'lis, Musculo'sa Frontis Cutem moven substan'tia Par( Vesalius).
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Branch of bifurcation of Ophthalmic. To forehead.
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[ Latin] Situated in or in relation with the forehead; as the F. bone, F. eminence, F. lobe of the brain, F. nerve.
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[ Latin] Pertaining to parts so situated, especially to the f. bone( e. g., F. sinus) and to the f. lobe( e. g., F. convolutions, F. branches of the cerebral arteries). F. angle, the angle formed by two lines starting respectively from the bregma and the glabella and intersecting at the external orifice of the ear. F. area( including Supero-f., Mid-f., and Inferior f. areas), see Area F. plane, a plane coinciding with or parallel to the f. bone. F. section, a section made through the ascending f. convolution parallel to the central fissure.
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1. In front, relating to the anterior part of a body. 2. Relating to the forehead.
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Usage examples for frontal
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Conversely the nasal and frontal formation was derived in a direct line of lineage which, though interrupted, would continue at distant intervals to more distant intervals to its most distant intervals. – Ulysses by James Joyce
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Under the fire of the Afghan cannon and the frontal and flank advance of the enemy, the line began to waver about 2 P. M., and two of the foremost guns were lost. – The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by John Holland Rose
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