Postural

Definition: Postural

Postural

Adjective

1. Of or relating to or involving posture; "postural exercises".

Specialty Definition: Postural

Domain	Definition
Health	Pertaining to posture or position. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Postural

Specialty definitions using "postural": cervicobrachial syndrome. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Postural" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (postural), French (postural), German (postural), Portuguese (postural), Spanish (postural).

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Commercial Usage: Postural

Domain	Title
Books	Abnormal Postural Reflex Activity Caused by Brain Lesions (reference) Exercises for Musicians: How to Control and Prevent Postural Stress (reference) Le stretching postural (reference) Nothing to Lose but the Pain: Without Drugs or Surgery: For Relief of Postural Pains: Foot to Jaw (Without Drugs or Surgery) (reference) Postural variations in childhood (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Postural

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	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.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Postural

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Postural bronchial drainage helps to remove secretions from the airways. (references)
		Postural tremor occurs when a patient attempts to maintain posture, such as holding the hands outstretched. (references)
		Postural instability can cause patients to have a stooped posture in which the head is bowed and the shoulders are drooped. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Postural

"Postural" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.00% of the time. "Postural" is used about 20 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)	95%	19	80,337
Noun (singular)	5%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	20	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Postural

Expressions using "postural": postural drainage ♦ postural hypotension ♦ postural reflexes. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Postural

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome	40	disability hypotension postural	3
postural hypotension	32	dinâmico e equilíbrio estático postural	3
drenaje postural	10	postural vertigo	3
drainage postural	9	equilíbrio postural	3
postural	9	postural hypertension	3
global postural reeducação	8	evaluacion postural	3
benign postural vertigo	8	exercise postural	3
postural orthostatic tachycardia	6	balance postural stability	3
postural tremor	6	global postural reeducação rpg	2
avaliação postural	6	postural alignment	2
assessment postural	5	hypotension orthostatic postural	2
postural syndrome tachycardia	5	drainage effects postural	2
higiene postural	5	postural reflex	2
global postural reeducacion	5	postural tachycardia	2
postural problem	4	evolucao homem postural	2
drenagem postural	4	drenaje fibrosis postural quística	2
postural reeducação	4	drainage position postural	2
global postural reeducacao	3
		drainage position postural	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Postural

Language		Translations for "postural"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		姿势 (POSE, Posture). (various references)

Danish		postural. (various references)

Dutch		postureel. (various references)

Finnish		posturaalinen, asentoon liittyvä, asento-. (various references)

French		postural. (various references)

German		postural, Stellungs-, Haltungs-. (various references)

Greek		σχετικός με τη στάση ή τη θέση του σώματος, στατικός (static), ορθοστατικός. (various references)

Italian		posturale. (various references)

Pig Latin		osturalpay

Portuguese		postural. (various references)

Russian		относящийся к осанке. (various references)

Spanish		postural. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Postural

Misspellings
	"Postural" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Opositora, Pasqual, Pictural, posterial, postori, postual, postur, posturally, Potupa, proctorial, pustual, pustular. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Postural"

Words rhyming with "postural" (pronounced 'Pos"tur*al'): Abactinal, Abbatial, Abbatical, Abdal, Aberrational, Abettal, Abhal, Abhominal, Abiological, Abnormal, Aboral, Abortional, Abranchial, Absinthial, Abstractional, Abuttal, Abysmal, Abyssal, Academial, Accentual, Accessional, Accessorial, Accipitral, Accrementitial, Accrual, Accusal, Accusatival, Accusatorial, Acephal, Acerval, Acetal, Achenial, Acnodal, Aconital, Acoustical, Acquittal, Acranial, Acritical, Acromial, Acropetal, Acroterial, Actinal, Actinozoal, Actuarial, Adagial, Adambulacral, Adaptorial, Adenological, Adjectional, Adjectival. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Postural

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: pulsator.
	Words within the letters "a-l-o-p-r-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: parlous, patrols, portals, torulas.
	-2 letters: lustra, parols, parous, pastor, patrol, polars, portal, postal, poults, pulsar, sapour, sporal, sprout, stupor, tolars, torula, ultras, upsoar.
	-3 letters: altos, aport, autos, lotas, lotus, loups, lours, louts, opals, orals, parol, parts, plats, plots, polar, ports, poult, pours, pouts, praos, prats, praus, proas, prost, pruta, purls, ratos, roast, rotas.
	Words containing the letters "a-l-o-p-r-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: pulsators, sporulate, troupials, uprootals.
	+2 letters: outsparkle, peculators, plutocrats, portulacas, postulator, prothallus, speculator, sporulated, sporulates, stipulator, unpastoral.
	+3 letters: duplicators, lepromatous, multiparous, outsparkled, outsparkles, petrolatums, photomurals, postulators, promulgates, rapturously, repopulates, speculators, sporulating, sporulation, sporulative, stipulators, stipulatory, subtropical, supportable.
	+4 letters: counterplans, counterplays, counterpleas, manipulators, outsparkling, plutocracies, popularities, postsurgical, proconsulate, promulgators, prosecutable, prothalluses, somatopleure, sporulations, superovulate, supplicatory, supraorbital, voluptuaries.
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