posterior

  • 21posterior — 1 noun (C) humorous the part of the body you sit on; bottom 1 (7): plonking his substantial posterior down on the bench 2 adjective (only before noun) technical near or at the back of something: the posterior end of the abdomen opposite anterior… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22posterior — I UK [pɒˈstɪərɪə(r)] / US [pɑˈstɪrɪər] noun [countable] Word forms posterior : singular posterior plural posteriors humorous the part of your body that you sit on. A more usual word is bottom. II UK [pɒˈstɪərɪə(r)] / US [pɑˈstɪrɪər] adjective… …

    English dictionary

  • 23Posterior — Die Lage und Richtungsbezeichnungen dienen in der Anatomie zur Beschreibung der Position (situs), der Lage (versio) und des Verlaufs einzelner Strukturen. Zum Teil sind diese Bezeichnungen auch Bestandteil anatomischer Namen. Während sich… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 24posterior — adj. [L. posterior, latter] 1. Situated behind; behind the axis. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) Direction along the major axis in which the anus faces and the exhalant current flows …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 25posterior — hinten liegend * * * posterior   [lateinisch],    1) Medizin: Lagebezeichnung im Körper: hinten, weiter hinten als andere Teile; Gegensatz: anterior.    2) Phonetik: andere Bezeichnung für nicht anterior, anterior …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 26posterior — adj. Posterior is used with these nouns: ↑part …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 27posterior — pos|te|ri|or1 [ pa stıriər ] adjective MEDICAL relating to the back part of something, especially the back part of your body posterior pos|te|ri|or 2 [ pa stıriər ] noun count HUMOROUS the part of your body you sit on. A more usual word is… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 28POSTERIOR — Во временном отношении – последующий, в пространственном – задний. Противопоставляется anterior (предшествующий, передний). В терминологии анатомии человека posterior часто употребляется как синоним дорсального, a anterior – как синоним… …

    Толковый словарь по психологии

  • 29posterior(s) —    the buttocks    Originally, later in line, from which behind:     Her posterior, plump, smooth, and prominent. (Cleland, 1749) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 30posterior — adj. situated at or near the back of the body or an organ. The posterior chamber of the eye is the rear section, behind the lens, which is filled with vitreous humour …

    The new mediacal dictionary

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