AVANT-POITRINE

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

(Fr.),n. 'n?-pwa*-tren. Latreille’s term for the inferior portion of the first segment of the thorax in insects, [L, 109, 180.] 4 AVANT-SUIF (Fr.), n. A?-va?n?-swef. A popular name for the mesenteric fat, [L, 41.]