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postretrieval

postretrieval adjective: after retrieval.

Adjective

postretrieval (not comparable)

  1. After retrieval.
    • Thus, ventral mPFC may mediate postretrieval processing of recollected information rather than preretrieval processes relating to retrieval attempts (Rugg and Wilding 2000).2014 April 3, Zara M. Bergström et al., “Reflections of Oneself: Neurocognitive Evidence for Dissociable Forms of Self-Referential Recollection”, in Cerebral Cortex (New York, NY), volume 25, →DOI

Origin of postretrieval

From post- + retrieval.

Questions about postretrieval

What does postretrieval mean?
Postretrieval means after retrieval.
What part of speech is postretrieval?
Postretrieval is an adjective.

Words near postretrieval in the dictionary

  1. postretinally
  2. postretiree
  3. postretirees
  4. postretirement
  5. postretraction
  6. postretrieval
  7. postrevascularization
  8. postrevival
  9. postrevolution
  10. postrevolutionary
  11. postrheumatic

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