poststernal
poststernal adjective: posterior to the sternum.
Adjective
poststernal (comparative more poststernal, superlative most poststernal)
Forms of poststernal
| comparative | more poststernal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most poststernal |
Origin of poststernal
From post- + sternal.
Words that rhyme with poststernal
- kernel
- external
- internal
- colonel
- diurnal
- infernal
- journal
- eternal
- fraternal
- paternal
- maternal
- hyosternal
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- nocturnal
- sempiternal
- supernal
- vernal
- anteroexternal
- anterointernal
- antesternal
- asternal
- chondrosternal
- coeternal
- coracosternal
- costosternal
- coxosternal
- dorsoexternal
- dorsointernal
- episternal
- hesternal
- hodiernal
- infrasternal
- intersternal
- latisternal
- mesosternal
- metasternal
- midsternal
- nonexternal
- noninternal
- parasternal
- peristernal
- posteroexternal
- posterointernal
- presternal
- retrosternal
- sternal
- substernal
- supersternal
- suprasternal
- ternal
- tracheosternal
- transsternal
- vertebrosternal
Questions about poststernal
- What does poststernal mean?
- Poststernal means posterior to the sternum.
- What part of speech is poststernal?
- Poststernal is an adjective.
Words near poststernal in the dictionary
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