posterior
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
biology
botany
mathematics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
Latin posterus
Latin posteriorbor.
English posterior
Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes or follows after; later, latter”).
Inflected forms:
form: more posterior
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most posterior
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: posteriour
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: posteriors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: posteriour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
pos: adj
gloss: Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
pos: adj
gloss: Following in order or in time.
pos: adj
tags: formal
gloss: The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
humorous
sometimes
examples: Stephen reigned from 1135-1154, that nasty period of our history dubbed 'The Anarchy', when forces loyal to Stephen contested the throne with those of Henry I's daughter Matilda, who by rights should have been queen. Stephen, her cousin, plonked his own posterior on the throne.
gloss: The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).
pos: noun
Related words: auricularis posterior
post-
postical
posticous
Derived words: anteroposterior
apicoposterior
centroposterior
distoposterior
dorsoposterior
duplicitas posterior
frontoposterior
inferoposterior
lateroposterior
long posterior ciliary artery
medioposterior
mentoposterior
mesioposterior
midposterior
nonposterior
occipitoposterior
posterior auricular artery
posterior auricular muscle
posterior cerebral artery
posterior chamber
posterior cingulate cortex
posterior communicating artery
posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
posterior cruciate ligament
posterior ethmoidal artery
posterior inferior cerebellar artery
posteriorisation
posterioristic
posteriority
posteriorization
posteriorize
posteriorly
posterior mal
posterior malleolus
posteriormost
posterior naris
posteriorness
posterior probability
posterior scalene muscle
posterior spinal artery
posterior superior alveolar artery
posterior triangle
posteriorward
postero-
posterio-
proximoposterior
sacroposterior
short posterior ciliary artery
sinistroposterior
subposterior
superoposterior
ventroposterior
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: خَلْفِيّ
roman: ḵalfiyy
lang: Belarusian
word: за́дні
roman: zádni
lang: Belarusian
word: ты́льны
roman: týlʹny
lang: Bulgarian
word: за́ден
roman: záden
lang: Catalan
word: posterior
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 後面的 /后面的
roman: hòumiàn de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 尾部的
roman: wěibù de
lang: Czech
word: zadní
lang: Dutch
word: achterkant
lang: Dutch
word: rugzijde
lang: Finnish
word: perä-
lang: Finnish
word: perässä oleva
lang: Finnish
word: perällä oleva
lang: Finnish
word: perempi
lang: French
word: postérieur
lang: German
word: hinterer
lang: German
word: Rück-
lang: Greek
word: οπίσθιος
roman: opísthios
lang: Hindi
word: पीछे
roman: pīche
lang: Italian
word: posteriore
lang: Japanese
word: 後の
roman: ushiro no
lang: Japanese
word: 後方の
roman: kōhō no
lang: Korean
word: 후부의
roman: hubuui
lang: Korean
word: 뒤의
roman: dwiui
lang: Macedonian
word: заден
roman: zaden
lang: Polish
word: tylny
lang: Polish
word: zadni
lang: Portuguese
word: posterior
lang: Romanian
word: posterior
lang: Russian
word: за́дний
roman: zádnij
lang: Russian
word: ты́льный
roman: týlʹnyj
lang: Russian
word: хвостово́й
roman: xvostovój
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: за̏дњӣ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: zȁdnjī
lang: Slovak
word: zadný
lang: Slovene
word: zadnji
lang: Spanish
word: trasero
lang: Spanish
word: posterior
lang: Tagalog
word: hulihan
lang: Ukrainian
word: за́дній
roman: zádnij
lang: Ukrainian
word: ти́льний
roman: týlʹnyj