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postgenital

postgenital adjective: behind the genital region.

Adjective

postgenital (not comparable)

  1. Behind the genital region.
  2. Appearing as an organism matures.
    • The carpels show various degrees of congenital or postgenital connation (Gut 1966; Ramp 1988).2010, Klaus Kubitzki, Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae, page 279

Origin of postgenital

From post- + genital.

Questions about postgenital

What does postgenital mean?
Postgenital means behind the genital region.
What part of speech is postgenital?
Postgenital is an adjective.

Words near postgenital in the dictionary

  1. postgendered
  2. postgenderism
  3. postgenderist
  4. postgenderists
  5. postgenders
  6. postgenital
  7. postgenitally
  8. postgeniture
  9. postgenocide
  10. postgenomic
  11. postgenomics

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