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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 hys·ter·on prot·er·on /ˌhɪstəˌrɑnˈprɑtəˌrɑn, tərənˈprɑtərən, ˈprɔ-/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hys·ter·ol·o·gy n.  Rhet. A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hys·te·ron prot·e·ron  Rhet. (a) A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, “he is well and lives.” (b) An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hysteron proteron
      n 1: reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as
           in `bred and born')
      2: the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition
         that is yet to be proved