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posterolaterally

posterolaterally adverb: in a posterolateral manner.

Adverb

posterolaterally (comparative more posterolaterally, superlative most posterolaterally)

  1. In a posterolateral manner.
    • Although the sutures are difficult to trace, the supraoccipital contacts the parietal anteriorly at a tight interdigitated suture, and contacts the ophistotic posterolaterally at a straight suture.2016 February 6, “Cranial Anatomy and Palaeoneurology of the Archosaur Riojasuchus tenuisceps from the Los Colorados Formation, La Rioja, Argentina”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of posterolaterally

comparativemore posterolaterally
superlativemost posterolaterally

Origin of posterolaterally

From posterolateral + -ly.

Questions about posterolaterally

What does posterolaterally mean?
Posterolaterally means in a posterolateral manner.
What part of speech is posterolaterally?
Posterolaterally is an adverb.

Words near posterolaterally in the dictionary

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

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