Word: anteriorly
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...because of a bad knee. The Pentagon defended its action in a 600-word statement describing Joe's knee in intimate detail. "This knee," said the Pentagon, "has had the medial meniscus [cartilage] removed; it is a knee which shows that the patient has a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament; it is a knee that has pathology on the lateral side, most likely a torn posterior third of the lateral meniscus with osteoarthritic changes." It was, the report concluded, O.K. for Joe to play football, where "he is closely watched and professional assistance is close at hand...
Next, the doctors rejoined the posterior tibial artery; it was 51 hours after the injury that blood began to flow back into Liang's foot. The anterior tibial artery and three veins were quickly rejoined, muscles were sutured, the Achilles' tendon was repaired, nerves were retied, and a 130-sq. cm. skin graft was laid over the torn-up area around Liang's ankle. The entire operation lasted eight hours. The skin graft survived, and within two months the replaced foot was well enough to begin physiotherapy...
...there is something near by the blossom, for example, a bee-a bumblebee-which is yellow and black, that is reflected in the blossom. And if, hanging from the anterior, the front end of the bee, is a drop of honey, that also is reflected in the blossom. Now, reflected in the honey is an eagle, and in the mouth of the eagle is a ferret, and in the mouth of the ferret is a stoat, and in the mouth of the stoat is a shrew, and in the mouth of the shrew is a marble, and on the outside...
...type and severity of paralysis vary with the location of the clot which has caused the stroke. If it is in the anterior cerebral artery, the leg on the opposite side will be more severely affected. But most strokes affect the middle cerebral artery, so the arm is more handicapped than the leg. This is why 90% of stroke victims learn to walk again, while only 10% to 20% regain full use of the right arm-though almost 50% of those under 45, even with severe impairment, could probably do so with proper training...
...Snyder was questioned about the elimination of the word "mild" from a hospital bulletin describing the President's thrombosis. "The word 'mild,' " he said, "was not in his [General Snyder's] more recent descriptions." The attack, he added, had been more fully diagnosed as an anterior (frontal) coronary thrombosis...