English-Norwegian translations for hysteron proteron

Definition of hysteron proteron

• A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology
• An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things

Examples

• "He is well and lives" is a hysteron proteron.

Related words

• hysterosalpingography
• hysteroscopy
• hysterotomy
• hystero-
• abdominohysterotomy
• dihydrotachysterol
• hysterocystic