The medical prefix term ante- or anter(o)- means “anterior or front”.
Example Word: anter(o)/sept/al
Word Breakdown: Anter(o)- means “front”, sept is a word root for “septum”, -al is a suffix that means to “pertaining to”.
Definition: The term anteroseptal refers to the area in front of a septum, most notably the interventricular septum.
