ALL meanings of posterior
pos·te·ri·or
P p - adjective posterior rear 1
- noun posterior buttocks, backside 1
- adjective posterior situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior). 1
- adjective posterior coming after in order, as in a series. 1
- adjective posterior coming after in time; later; subsequent (sometimes followed by to). 1
- adjective posterior Anatomy, Zoology. (in quadrupeds) pertaining to or toward the rear or caudal end of the body. (in humans and other primates) pertaining to or toward the back plane of the body, equivalent to the dorsal surface of quadrupeds. 1
- adjective posterior Botany. toward the back and near the main axis, as the upper lip of a flower. 1
- noun posterior the hinder parts or rump of the body; buttocks. 1
- countable noun posterior Someone's bottom can be referred to as their posterior. 0
- adjective posterior Posterior describes something that is situated at the back of something else. 0
- adjective posterior situated at the back of or behind something 0
- adjective posterior coming after or following another in a series 0
- adjective posterior coming after in time 0
- adjective posterior (of animals) of or near the hind end 0
- adjective posterior (of a flower) situated nearest to the main stem 0
- adjective posterior dorsal or towards the spine 0
- noun posterior the buttocks; rump 0
- noun posterior a posterior probability 0
- adjective posterior later; following after; subsequent 0
- adjective posterior coming after in order; succeeding 0
- adjective posterior at or toward the rear; behind; specif., dorsal 0
- adjective posterior on the side next to the main stem 0
- noun posterior the buttocks 0