cataphora

noun Grammar.

1. the use of a word or phrase to refer to a following word or group of words, as the use of the phrase as follows.

noun

1. grammar the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word used subsequently in the same discourseCompare anaphora

n.

1. Semicoma.
2. Somnolence marked by periods of partial consciousness.