See Also: Frontal(medicine)
frontal(dictionary)
frontal(2)(dictionary)
frontal(1)(dictionary)
Frontal(health)
frontal sinus(medicine)
frontal section(medicine)
frontal pole(medicine)
frontal plate(medicine)
frontal plane(medicine)

frontal(1) (iou)



frontal adjective. M17.
[mod. Latin frontalis, from frons: see FRONT noun, -AL1.]
Of or pertaining to the forehead. M17.
frontal bone the cranial bone forming the forehead and the upper parts of the orbits. frontal lobe the lobe of the cerebrum lying behind the frontal bone.
Of or pertaining to the forepart or foremost edge; of or on the front. M19.
frontal assault, frontal attack: delivered directly on the front, not on the flank or rear.
Of, pertaining to, or depicting the front of a person, object, etc., or the fa?ade of a building; (of sculpture) displaying frontality. L19.
full-frontal adjective (a) displaying the human body completely naked, seen from the front; (b) fig. holding nothing back, revealing all.
H. Williamson Something..apprehended in the retina of the eye, and not by a frontal stare.
fron'tality noun [translating Danish frontalitet] a principle in sculpture etc. according to which the figure is represented as seen from the full front E20.
frontally adverb in a frontal manner; esp. by a frontal attack (lit. & fig.): E20.