Posterior

Definition: Posterior

Posterior

Adjective

1. (zoology) at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates.

Noun

1. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.

2. A tooth situated at the back of the mouth.

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Date "posterior" was first used: 1534. (references)

Health

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Synonyms: Posterior

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.

Crosswords: Posterior

Danish (posterior), Dutch (posterior), German (posterior), Latin (after, behind, later, posterior), Portuguese (after, aftermost, back, hind, hinder, hindmost, posterior, puisne, rear, ulterior), Romanian (back, hinder, posterior, subsequent), Spanish (after, afterwards, hind, later, posterior, puisne, rear, rearward, subsequent, thereafter).

I've been freezing my posterior regions waiting for you. That your daughter? (Shannon's Deal; writing credit: David Greenwalt)

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Books

• Posterior Composite Resin Dental (reference)

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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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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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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.

Beginning with "posterior": posterior-ventral.

Ending with "posterior": antero-posterior.

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

Portuguese

posterior (after, aftermost, back, hind, hinder, hindmost, puisne, rear, ulterior). (various references)

Romanian

posterior (back, hinder, subsequent), ulterior (after, afterwards, following, further, future, subsequent, subsequently, ulterior). (various references)

Russian 

зад (arse, ass, back, backside, breech, bum, croupe, duff, end, fanny 2, fundament, hams, prat). (various references)

Scottish

tulchainn (house gable). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zadnjica (ass, backside, behind, butt, buttocks, fanny, fundament, nates, rear, rump). (various references)

Spanish

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)

Swedish

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)

Turkish

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)

Ukrainian

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)

Vietnamese 

mông đít (backside), ở sau (rearward), đến sau (subsequent). (various references)

anuli, anulis, anulo, anulos, anulum, anulus, culia, posterior. (various references)

apara. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "posterior": posteriorities, posteriority, posteriorly, posteriors. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Posterior" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: oestriol, Osteria, Pistacor, Pontarlier, posteiori, posterial, posterion, postriori, prosterior. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-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.

+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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