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Definition: Posterior |
PosteriorAdjective1. (zoology) at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates. Noun1. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. 2. A tooth situated at the back of the mouth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "posterior" was first used: 1534. (references) |
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Health | Situated in back of, or in the back part of, or affecting the back or dorsal surface of the body. In lower animals, it refers to the caudal end of the body. (references) |
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Synonyms: PosteriorSynonyms: arse (n), ass (n), back tooth (n), backside (n), behind (n), bottom (n), bum (n), buns (n), butt (n), buttocks (n), can (n), derriere (n), fanny (n), fundament (n), hind end (n), hindquarters (n), keister (n), nates (n), prat (n), rear (n), rear end (n), rump (n), seat (n), stern (n), tail (n), tail end (n), tooshie (n), tush (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: anterior (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Posteriority | Adjective: subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, postliminious, postnate; postdiluvial, |
Rear | Adjective: back, rear; hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost; postern, posterior; dorsal, after; caudal, lumbar; mizzen, tergal. |
Sequence | Latter; posterior. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I've been freezing my posterior regions waiting for you. That your daughter? (Shannon's Deal; writing credit: David Greenwalt) | |
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PET scans at the level of the basal ganglia of a normal control (1) case 1 at the start (2) and after treatment with AZT (3). In (1) there is a homogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism in the frontal, temporal and occipital cortex and in the subcortical grey matter. At the onset of treatment with AZT (2) there is a heterogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism with a relative reduction in the posterior temporal and occipital regions and the thalamus. Thirteen weeks after treatment with AZT, the abnormal pattern has partly resolved (3). All images are scaled from zero to 100% of the maximum activity within the slice (scale shown on right of figure). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | This chancre is located on the posterior vaginal fourchette (where labia minora meet). The primary stage of syphilis is often marked by the appearance of a single sore called a chancre, which is usually firm, round, small, and painless. Credit: CDC. | ||
Onchocerca volvulus, posterior end. Credit: CDC. | Third stage mosquito larvae of the genus Anopheles generally have a wide and heavily sclerotized collar on the posterior border of the head. Fourth instars have a smaller, less prominent collar. Credit: CDC. | ||
Posterior chain of Mesocestoides sp. Tapeworm, cestode, parasite. Credit: CDC. | This image shows severe demyelinization of the posterior columns of the spinal cord due to long-standing syphilis disease. This can result in a staggering, wide-based gait, postural instability, pain and paresthesias; Myelin stain; magnification 450X. Credit: CDC. | ||
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It should be added that the foundation of the society of the Rights of Man seems to have been posterior to the time when this paper was found. |
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Health | This type is also known as sensory, posterior, or Wernicke's aphasia. (references) | |
In most cases, it is due to mechanical irritation of the facial nerve in the posterior fossa or distally. (references) | ||
This enlargement occurs when there is an underdevelopment or lack of thickening of the white matter in the posterior cerebrum. (references) | ||
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| "Posterior" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 85.19% of the time. "Posterior" is used about 135 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 85.19% | 115 | 30,138 |
| Noun (singular) | 14.81% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Total | 100.00% | 135 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "posterior": arteria temporalis posterior ♦ be posterior to ♦ chorda posterior ventriculi ♦ highest posterior density intervals ♦ internuclear posterior ophthalmoplegia 2.posterior internuclear ophthalmoplegia ♦ lamina elastica posterior ♦ musculus serratus posterior ♦ Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament ♦ posterior basal membrane ♦ posterior camera oculi ♦ posterior cardinal vein ♦ posterior cerebral arteries ♦ posterior cerebral artery ♦ Posterior chamber ♦ posterior chamber of eye ♦ posterior chamber of the eye ♦ posterior commissure ♦ posterior commissure of the cerebrum ♦ Posterior Cruciate Ligament ♦ posterior damming ♦ posterior ethmoidal nerve ♦ posterior facial vein ♦ Posterior Horn Cells ♦ posterior intern internuclear palsy ♦ posterior labial veins ♦ posterior meningeal artery ♦ posterior naris ♦ posterior palatal seal ♦ posterior pituitary ♦ posterior pituitary gland ♦ posterior serratus muscle ♦ posterior synechia ♦ posterior temporal artery ♦ Posterior Thalamic Nuclei ♦ posterior vein of the left ventricle ♦ serratus posterior ♦ serratus posterior inferior ♦ serratus posterior superior ♦ tibialis posterior ♦ vena posterior ventriculi sinistri. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "posterior": posterior-ventral. | |
Ending with "posterior": antero-posterior. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "posterior"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | prapanicë (backside, butt, Fanny, fundament, prat, rear), i prapmë (hinder), i pasmë (hinder, rearward), i mëpasshëm (ulterior). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كفل (ass, backside, bottom, butt, buttock, buttocks, ensure, guarantee, guaranty, insure, pledge, prat, rump, secure, sponsor, vouch), مؤخرة الأنسان, لاحق (chase, follow, follow in his footsteps, follow up, following, give chase, go after, hunt, later, prosecute, pursue, run after, run at smb., stalk, subsequent, tag, track), تال (after, next, sequent, subsequent, ulterior), عجيزة (behind, bottom, breech, bum, butt, rear, slat, tail end), عجز (balk, buttock, decrepitude, deficiency, disability, emasculation, failure, famine, gap, inability, incapability, incapacitate, incompetence, infirmity, paralyse, paralysis, paralyze, poorness, rump, shortage), خلفي (after, backward, hind, hindmost, rear, rearward, retro-), الأجزاء الخلفية من الجسد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | следващ (after, ensuing, follow up, following, incoming, proximate, sequential, subsequent, successive), гръбен (dorsal, retral, tergal), задница (croup, fundament, huckle, rump), задник (arse, backside, breech, bum, buttocks, can, cheeks, rear, seat, stern, tail), заден (back, hind, hinder, postern, rear, rearward, retral), по-сетнешен, по-късен (after, downward, subsequent, ulterior). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 后部 (Posteriors). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pozdìjší (later, latter, ulterior), zadní (back, hind, rear, rear seat), zadek (back, behind, bottom, bum, buttock, buttocks, Fanny, hindquarters, rear, stern, tail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | posterior. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | posterior. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پسی , کفل (Backside, Breech, Buttock, Haunch, Hip, Rump, Seat, Slat), عقبی (Back, Hind, Hinder, Rearward), عقب تر (Latter, Yond), خلفی , دیرتر (Subsequent), بعداز (After, Behind, Since). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | takapuoli (back, behind, hind quarters, reverse side, seat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | postérieur, postérieur, artère de la cloison et artère des cornets et des méats. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | posterior, spätere (later, latter, posteriorly), hinterteil (back part, backside, behind, breech, hindquarters, posteriors, rear part, rump, tail), hintere (back, hind, rear), gesäß (backside, bottom, breech, buttocks, derriere, hindquarters, rump, seat), Arteriae nasales posteriores laterales et septi (lateral, nasal and septal arteries), allerwerteste. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ύστεροσ (later), μεταγενέστεροσ (subsequent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אחורים (backside, breech, buttocks, hindquarter, rump), אחורי (back, backward, hind, rear, ulterior), אחור (back, backside, backward, behind, buttock, rear, rump, stern). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hátulsó (aft, after, back, hind, rear, rearward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pantat (backside, behind, butt, buttock, rear), bokong (back, buttocks, hindpart first), berikut (following, subsquent, the following). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | posteriore (after, back, hind, hinder, hindquarters, later, latter, rear, rearward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | ' (BACK, Backs, Posteriors). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jerree (backmost, closing, concluding, hind, hindmost, stern, terminal), erreish (after, clemency), curpyn (behind, behind buttocks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osteriorpay posterior (after, aftermost, back, hind, hinder, hindmost, puisne, rear, ulterior). (various references) posterior (back, hinder, subsequent), ulterior (after, afterwards, following, further, future, subsequent, subsequently, ulterior). (various references) зад (arse, ass, back, backside, breech, bum, croupe, duff, end, fanny 2, fundament, hams, prat). (various references) tulchainn (house gable). (various references) zadnjica (ass, backside, behind, butt, buttocks, fanny, fundament, nates, rear, rump). (various references) posterior (after, afterwards, hind, later, puisne, rear, rearward, subsequent, thereafter), trasero (after, back, backside, behind, bottom, breech, hind, hinder, quarters, rear, rearmost, rear-mounted, rearward, seat, tail). (various references) senare än (beyond), bakdel (backside, behind, breech, fundament, hindquarter, nates, rear, rump, seat), ända (accomodate, all the same, bit, butt, conclusion, end, ending, fag end, finish, heel, piece, rear, right, switch, terminate, termination, tip). (various references) popo (backside, behind, breech, bum, butt, buttocks, can, rear, rear end), sonraki (after, ensuing, follow up, following, latter, next, other, post-, sequential, subsequent, ulterior), sonra gelen (after, folowing, latter), kaba et (bum, buttock, can), kıç (arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, breech, bum, butt, buttocks, can, Fanny, fundament, ham, haunches, hindquarters, hip, nates, poop, rear, rear end, rump, slats, stern, tail, tail end, vent), gerideki, geri (aback, back, backward, backwards, behind, hind, re-, rear, rearward, rest, retro-, reverse, reversing, slow), arkadaki (back, hind, hinder, rear, rearward), arka (back, backer, backing, breech, contuniation, dors-, dorso-, friend at court, hind, rear, rearward, reverse, reverse side, small, stern, support, supporter, tail). (various references) сідниці (buttocks, fundament), наступний (after, consecutive, consequent, ensuing, following, forthcoming, incoming, next, oncoming, second, subsequent, succeeding, successive, toward), нащадки (posterity, succession), задній (after, back, hind, hinder, rear, rearward), зад (arse, ass, behind, breech, buttock, croup, fundament, prat), пізніший (farther, later, puisne). (various references) mông đít (backside), ở sau (rearward), đến sau (subsequent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | anuli, anulis, anulo, anulos, anulum, anulus, culia, posterior. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | apara. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "posterior": posteriorities, posteriority, posteriorly, posteriors. (additional references) | |
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"Posterior" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: oestriol, Osteria, Pistacor, Pontarlier, posteiori, posterial, posterion, postriori, prosterior. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "posterior" (pronounced pô'sti"rēer) |
| 3 | -ē e r | riviere. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-o-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: pierrots, sportier, troopers. | |
-2 letters: isotope, pierrot, poorest, porters, preriot, presort, pretors, prosier, prostie, reports, reposit, rioters, riposte, roister, rooster, rooters, rootier, ropiest, sootier, sporter, stooper, striper, toreros, torpors, trooper. | |
-3 letters: esprit, otiose, poiser, poorer, pooris, porose, porter, poster, potsie, presto, pretor, priers, priest, priors, proser, prosit, protei, report, repots, repros, resort, respot, retros. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-o-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: posteriors, repository, resorption. | |
+2 letters: perorations, posteriorly, preportions, progenitors, proprietors, resorptions. | |
+3 letters: coprosperity, corporeities, impersonator, incorporates, ornithopters, orthopterist, perforations, posteriority, probationers, procreations, professoriat, profiteroles, promontories, protectories, reapportions, reoperations, repositories, reprobations, tropospheric. | |
+4 letters: aortographies, arthroscopies, coproprietors, corporalities, expropriators, heterospories, impersonators, improvisatore, interoceptors, interpolators, isoproterenol, moderatorship, morphometries, orthographies, orthopterists, orthopteroids, poltrooneries, preformations, primogenitors, professoriate, professoriats, prosecutorial, protectorship, protonotaries, prototrophies, pyromorphites, reciprocators, reproductions, retrospection, scleroprotein, supervirtuoso, thermotropism, velociraptors. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 73 74 65 72 69 6F 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- ... - . .-. .. --- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o s t e r i o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 0073 0074 0065 0072 0069 006F 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508185867184758184 |
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