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Webster 1913 Edition
Atlantal
At-lan′tal
,Adj.
(Anat.)
(a)
Relating to the atlas.
(b)
Anterior; cephalic.
Barclay.
Definition 2024
atlantal
atlantal
English
Adjective
atlantal (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Relating to the atlas.
- anterior; cephalic
- 1808, John Barclay, The Muscular Motions of the Human Body
- […] when the scapula is moved directly atlantad, the atlantal forces acting on the base and acromion are the motors, the dorsa-mesial and ster-mesi-lateral the directors, and the sacral forces the moderators […]
- 1808, John Barclay, The Muscular Motions of the Human Body