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posttarsal

posttarsal adjective: posterior to the tarsus.

Adjective

posttarsal (not comparable)

  1. posterior to the tarsus

Origin of posttarsal

From post- + tarsal.

Words that rhyme with posttarsal

6 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about posttarsal

What does posttarsal mean?
Posttarsal means posterior to the tarsus.
What part of speech is posttarsal?
Posttarsal is an adjective.

Words near posttarsal in the dictionary

  1. postsyncs
  2. postsyntactic
  3. postsynthetic
  4. postsystolic
  5. posttariff
  6. posttarsal
  7. posttax
  8. posttectonic
  9. postteen
  10. postteens
  11. posttemporal

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