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What is the adjective for posterior?

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posterior
  1. Located behind, or towards the rear of an object.
  2. Following in order or in time.
  3. (anatomy) Nearer the back end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
  4. (botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. rear, hind, back, hindmost, hinder, aft, rearward, after, dorsal, caudal, behind, last, posticous, retral, in back of, tail, rearmost, end, final, postern, endmost, stern, astern, backward, abaft, trailing, mizzen, hindermost, aftermost, furthest back, following, furthest behind, at the end, nearest the rear, back of, backside, hindquarters, reverse, hindpart, back end, tail end, vertebral, backbone, spinal, subsequent, ensuing, succeeding, next, later … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland or neurohypophysis contains unique glial elements referred to as pituicytes.”
      “After the success of their first single, the band released their posterior album.”
posterorolandic
  1. (medicine) Posterior to the Rolandic fissure in the brain (now called the central sulcus).
posterolateral
  1. (anatomy) Situated on the side and toward the posterior aspect.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The size and shape of the foliate papillae on the posterolateral margins of the tongue are variable.”
      “A left posterolateral thoracotomy was performed in the 5th intercostal space.”
      “The splint supported the posterolateral part of the lower leg but also had a slight anterior curve.”
posteroparietal
  1. Relating to the posterior of a wall of a body part
posteroventrolateral
  1. posterior and ventrolateral
posterolaterodorsal
  1. (anatomy) posterior and laterodorsal
posterodorsolateral
  1. posterior and dorsolateral
posteriormost
  1. (anatomy) Nearest the posterior or back end.
posteromedian
  1. Both central and posterior
posteriorizing
  1. (biology) That causes posteriorization
posterioanterior
  1. (anatomy) posterior and anterior
posteriolateral
  1. (anatomy) Synonym of posterolateral
postern
  1. Situated at the rear; posterior.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. posterior, hindmost, hind, rear, aft, tail, stern, backside, hindquarters, reverse, hindpart, back end, tail end, back, rearward, hinder, rearmost, after, caudal, final, behind, astern, backward, end, endmost, trailing, mizzen, hindermost, retral, last, dorsal, posticous, abaft, following, back of, aftermost, furthest back, furthest behind, at the end, nearest the rear, in back of, remotest, furthest, extreme, utmost, ultimate, outermost, ulterior, farthest away, furthest away … more
posteroapical
  1. posterior to an apex
posteriour
  1. Obsolete form of posterior.
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