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postquadrate

postquadrate adjective: behind the quadrate bone.

Adjective

postquadrate (not comparable)

  1. Behind the quadrate bone
    • Stapes morphology does not provide evidence to suggest a direct connection between the stapes and a postquadrate tympanic membrane (if present) and the hypothesis of a dorsal process as the site of attachment of a small ligament or the stapedial muscle is supported.2015 July 16, “The Stapes of Gomphodont Cynodonts: Insights into the Middle Ear Structure of Non-Mammaliaform Cynodonts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of postquadrate

From post- + quadrate.

Questions about postquadrate

What does postquadrate mean?
Postquadrate means behind the quadrate bone.
What part of speech is postquadrate?
Postquadrate is an adjective.

Words near postquadrate in the dictionary

  1. postpurchase
  2. postpycnotic
  3. postpyknotic
  4. postpyloric
  5. postpyretic
  6. postquadrate
  7. postquadratic
  8. postqualification
  9. postqualifying
  10. postquantum
  11. postquasistatic

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