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Adjective: anaphoric  ,a-nu'for-ik or ,a-nu'for-ik or ,a-nu'fór-ik or ,a-nu'for-ik [N. Amer], ,a-nu'fó-rik or ,a-nu'for-ik [Brit]
  1. (linguistics) relating to or using anaphora - the use of a word referring back to a word used earlier
    "The pronoun 'it' is an anaphoric reference to the noun mentioned before"

Encyclopedia: Anaphoric