ectad
outward
Adverb
- outward
- Insertion was ectad of the rectus almost to the midventral line. - 1878, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution Press, page 57:
- This is the cephalic and ventral ramus of the common trunk; it is ectad of the carotid artery and the facial vein, entad of the submaxillary gland, and upon the ectal surface of the masseter muscle. - 1886 November 5,...
- Its cranial border is thickened and somewhat curled around the anterior fifth of the ilium and distad lies in the groove between the gluteus medius and the iliacus, continuing ectad of the proximal end of the vastus...
Origin
From ecto- + -ad.