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centroposterior

centroposterior adjective: central and posterior.

Adjective

centroposterior (not comparable)

  1. central and posterior
    • The distribution appears to be centroposterior in the N400 window and more central in the first part.2015 December 24, “Never Say No … How the Brain Interprets the Pregnant Pause in Conversation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of centroposterior

From centro- + posterior.

Words that rhyme with centroposterior

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Questions about centroposterior

What does centroposterior mean?
Centroposterior means central and posterior.
What part of speech is centroposterior?
Centroposterior is an adjective.

Words near centroposterior in the dictionary

  1. centrophorid
  2. centrophorids
  3. centroplasm
  4. centropomid
  5. centropomids
  6. centroposterior
  7. centropostzygapophyseal
  8. centroprezygapophyseal
  9. centropy
  10. centropyxid
  11. centropyxids

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