posterior
Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
Other meanings
Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.
Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
Related words
- posteriorisation
- posteriorization
- posteriorness
- duplicitas posterior
- long posterior ciliary artery
- posterior mal
- short posterior ciliary artery
- posterior malleolus
- posterior probability
- posterior chamber
- posterior auricular muscle
- posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
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