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postnuchal

postnuchal adjective: posterior to the nuchal.

Adjective

postnuchal (not comparable)

  1. posterior to the nuchal

Origin of postnuchal

From post- + nuchal.

Questions about postnuchal

What does postnuchal mean?
Postnuchal means posterior to the nuchal.
What part of speech is postnuchal?
Postnuchal is an adjective.

Words near postnuchal in the dictionary

  1. postnota
  2. postnotal
  3. postnotum
  4. postnoun
  5. postnouns
  6. postnuchal
  7. postnuclear
  8. postnucleation
  9. postnucleoplasty
  10. postnucleotomy
  11. postnup

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