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Definition of Hysteron proteron

1. Noun. Reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in 'bred and born').

2. Noun. The logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved.

Definition of Hysteron proteron

1. Noun. (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology. ¹

2. Noun. An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Hysteron proteron

1. A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, "he is well and lives." An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. The latter, following + before, others, sooner. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hysteron Proteron

hysterogram hysterograph hysterography hysteroid hysteroids hysterokinetic hysterolith hysterologies hysterology hysterolysis

hysterometer hysteromyoma hysteromyomectomies hysteromyomectomy hysteromyotomy hysteron proteron (current term) hysteron proterons hysteronarcolepsy hysteropathy hysteropexy

hysterophore hysterophytal hysterophyte hysterophytes hysteroplasty hysterorrhaphy hysterorrhexis hysterosalpingectomy hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy hysterosalpingogram

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