adj 1  :  of, relating to, or adjacent to the forehead or the frontal bone  2  :  of, relating to, or situated at the front or anteriorly  3  :  parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane <a plane>  fron*tal*ly adv 
 
 
 
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