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Look up: Posterior

  1. Posterior
    towards the hind end of the fish
    Found on http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfac

  2. Posterior
    pertaining to area toward the back or tail.
    Found on http://www.coralrealm.com/viewpage.asp?p

  3. Posterior
    Towards the rear.
    Found on http://www.skullsite.co.uk/glossary.htm

  4. posterior
    [adj] - (zoology) at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Posterior
    Towards the end of the butterfly.
    Found on http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/help/gl

  6. Posterior
    means situated at or towards the back of the body. Opposite of Anterior. Also see Dorsal.
    Found on http://www.bcpa.co.uk/glossary.htm

  7. Posterior
    The back of the body in the anatomical position is the posterior surface. If A is nearer to the back of the body in the anatomical position than B, then A is posterior to B. Equivalent to dorsal, except in the foot, where the dorsum is anterior in the anatomical position – see Dorsal
    Found on http://www.chriscolton.co.uk/glossary.ht

  8. Posterior
    describes something that is located in or relates to the back of the body
    Found on http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?l

  9. Posterior
    At the back or behind i.e. it has two slightly different meanings - Absolute position (at the back) e.g. - the heel is the posterior part of the foot - Relative position (behind) e.g. - the teeth are posterior to the lips
    Found on http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/Arc

  10. Posterior
    Towards the back
    Found on http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_condit

  11. Posterior
    Behind - the opposite of anterior.
    Found on http://www.elekta.com/patient_internatio

  12. Posterior
    The back part.
    Found on http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/docs/GLOSSA

  13. Posterior
    Posterior: The back or behind, as opposed to the anterior. For a more complete listing of terms used in medicine for spatial orientation, please see the entry to 'Anatomic Orientation Terms'.
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  14. posterior
    2)myelinated nerve fibers connecting the opposite sides of the posterior parts of the diencephalon and the superior colliculi Category: Medicine • the value of a probability based, inter alia, on observation of one or more trials; in contra-distinction to prior probability, which is a probability before further trials are made. The distinction is a relative one; a probability p1 at the...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  15. Posterior
    Pos·te'ri·or (pŏs*tē'rĭ*ẽr) adjective [ Latin posterior , compar. of posterus coming after, from post after. See Post- .] 1. Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior . « Hesiod was posterior to Homer.» Broome. 2. Situated behind; hi ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/133

  16. posterior
    <anatomy> 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. ... Origin: L. = behind, neut. Posterius ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  17. posterior
    adjective at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. posterior
    (pos-tēr´e-әr) directed toward or situated at the back; opposite of anterior. Called also dorsal.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  19. Posterior
    • (a.) Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior. • (a.) Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior. • (a.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal. • (a.) On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  20. posterior
    (L. 'behind'; neut. posterius) 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.
    Found on http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/

  21. posterior
    posterior 1. Situated in back of, or in the back part of, a structure. 2. The fleshy part of the human body that that a person sits on. 3. At or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates. 4. In humans and other bipeds, towards the back surface of the body; also called, the dorsal. 5. In quadrupeds, a term sometimes used as a syno...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  22. Posterior
    Near the rear end.
    Found on http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Sp

  23. posterior
    1. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
    2. a tooth situated at the back of the mouth

    Found on

  24. Posterior
    Refers to teeth and tissues towards the back of the mouth (distal to the canines): maxillary and mandibular premolars and molars.
    Found on http://www.ada.org/public/resources/glos

  25. posterior
    Behind; closer to or in the direction of the rear or tail.
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi


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