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1posterior

adj pos·te·ri·or \pō-ˈstir-ē-ər, pä-\

Medical Definition of POSTERIOR

:  situated behind: as a :  situated at or toward the hind part of the body :  caudal b :  dorsal—used of human anatomy in which the upright posture makes dorsal and caudal identical

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58 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) posterior (adjective)
  2. 2) posterior (noun)
  3. posteriorly (adverb)
  4. posterior auricular artery (noun)
  5. posterior auricular vein (noun)
  6. posterior brachial cutaneous nerve (noun)
  7. posterior cerebral artery (noun)
  8. posterior chamber (noun)
  9. posterior column (noun)
  10. posterior commissure (noun)
  11. posterior communicating artery (noun)
  12. posterior cord (noun)
  13. posterior cranial fossa (noun)
  14. posterior cricoarytenoid (noun)
  15. posterior cruciate ligament (noun)
  16. posterior elastic lamina (noun)
  17. posterior facial vein (noun)
  18. posterior femoral cutaneous nerve (noun)
  19. posterior fossa (noun)
  20. posterior funiculus (noun)
  21. posterior gray column (noun)
  22. posterior horn (noun)
  23. posterior humeral circumflex artery (noun)
  24. posterior inferior cerebellar artery (noun)
  25. posterior inferior iliac spine (noun)
  26. posterior intercostal artery (noun)
  27. posterior lobe (noun)
  28. posterior median septum (noun)
  29. posterior median sulcus (noun)
  30. posterior naris (noun)
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