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posteroinferiorly

posteroinferiorly adverb: in a posteroinferior direction.

Adverb

posteroinferiorly (comparative more posteroinferiorly, superlative most posteroinferiorly)

  1. In a posteroinferior direction
    • The gnathion (Gn) of T2 group was moved posteroinferiorly by 3.40±0.93 mm and 3.66±1.06 mm in horizontal and vertical direction, respectively.2015 August 8, “Three-Dimensional Evaluation of the Upper Airway Morphological Changes in Growing Patients with Skeletal Class III Malocclusion Treated by Protraction Headgear and Rapid Palatal...

Forms of posteroinferiorly

comparativemore posteroinferiorly
superlativemost posteroinferiorly

Origin of posteroinferiorly

From posteroinferior + -ly.

Questions about posteroinferiorly

What does posteroinferiorly mean?
Posteroinferiorly means in a posteroinferior direction.
What part of speech is posteroinferiorly?
Posteroinferiorly is an adverb.

Words near posteroinferiorly in the dictionary

  1. posteroflexids
  2. posteroflexus
  3. posterofrontal
  4. posterograde
  5. posteroinferior
  6. posteroinferiorly
  7. posterointermediate
  8. posterointernal
  9. posterolabial
  10. posterolabially
  11. posterolateral

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