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posterolateral

posterolateral adjective: situated on the side and toward the posterior aspect.

Adjective

posterolateral (not comparable)

  1. Situated on the side and toward the posterior aspect.

Origin of posterolateral

From postero- + lateral.

Words formed from posterolateral

Words that rhyme with posterolateral

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Questions about posterolateral

What does posterolateral mean?
Posterolateral means situated on the side and toward the posterior aspect.
What part of speech is posterolateral?
Posterolateral is an adjective.

Words near posterolateral in the dictionary

  1. posteroinferiorly
  2. posterointermediate
  3. posterointernal
  4. posterolabial
  5. posterolabially
  6. posterolateral
  7. posterolaterally
  8. posterolaterodorsal
  9. posterolateroventral
  10. posterolateroventrally
  11. posterolingual

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