posterior

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adjective

1. Located in the rear: back, hind, hindmost, postern, rear¹. Nautical after. See precede/follow.
2. Following something else in time: after, later, subsequent, ulterior. See precede/follow.

noun

The part of one's back on which one rests in sitting: buttock (used in plural), derrière, rump, seat. Informal backside, behind, bottom, rear¹. Slang bun (used in plural), fanny, tush. Chiefly British bum². See over/under.

adj

Definition: rear
Antonyms: anterior, front

adj

Definition: subsequent
Antonyms: front, preceding, previous

n

Definition: behind of animate being
Antonyms: anterior, front

dorsal

Toward the back of the body. See also directional terms.

after in position, sequence, or time; behind; following.

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Directed toward or situated at the back; opposite of anterior. In quadrupeds usually applied only to parts of the head.

• p.–anterior — with the x-ray beam passing from the back to the front, especially to the limbs.
• p. chamber luxation — see lens luxation.
• p. (caudal) drawer sign — instability of the stifle joint with caudal movement of the proximal tibia in relation to the distal femur; normally restricted by the intact posterior (caudal) cruciate ligament. This movement is used as a test in the diagnosis of rupture of the ligament in the dog.
• p. functional stenosis — failure of pyloric outflow from the abomasum, as part of the syndrome of vagus indigestion in cattle.
• inherited p. paralysis — congenital paraplegia recorded in cattle and pigs. There are other nervous signs, e.g. opisthotonos, in some forms.
• p. limiting membrane — see descemet's membrane.
• p. pituitary — see pituitary.
• p. polar cataract — see cataract.
• p. segment — the vitreous body, retina, choroid and optic disk.
• p. station trypanosomes — one of the two types of cyclical development of trypanosomes. In this form the metacyclic trypomastigotes accumulate in the hindgut of the arthropod vector and are passed out with its feces. Infection of the definitive vertebrate host occurs via the skin or skin wound. Called also stercoracic.
• p. vena caval thrombosis — see caudal vena caval thrombosis.

adj

Situated behind.

For a list of words related to posterior, see:

• Relative Positions - posterior: (adj) located toward the rear; behind

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - senere, som kommer bagefter, som befinder sig bagtil
n. - bagdel

Nederlands (Dutch)
achterste

Français (French)
adj. - postérieur
n. - postérieur, derrière

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hintern
adj. - hinter, später

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οπίσθια, ποπός, πισινός, κώλος
adj. - κατοπινός, μεταγενέστερος, ύστερος, οπίσθιος, πισινός

Italiano (Italian)
sedere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - posterior (m)
adj. - posterior, traseiro

Русский (Russian)
задница

Español (Spanish)
adj. - trasero, posterior
n. - trasero, nalgas, posterioridad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - efterkommande, bak(del), rumpa
adj. - efterföljande, senare, yngre

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
在后的, 后面的, 其次的, 后部, 臀部

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 在後的, 後面的, 其次的
n. - 後部, 臀部

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - (시간, 순서가) 뒤의, 다음의
n. - (몸의) 후부, 엉덩이

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 後の, 後ろの, 後部の
n. - おしり

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عجز, دبر, كفل (صفه) تالي, لاحق, خلفي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מאוחר יותר, אחורי, בא אחרי‬
n. - ‮ישבן‬

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