posttemporal
posttemporal adjective: situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes.
Adjective
posttemporal (not comparable)
- Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes.
Noun
posttemporal (plural posttemporals)
- A posttemporal bone.
Forms of posttemporal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | postemporal |
| Noun | |
| plural | posttemporals |
Origin of posttemporal
From post- + temporal.
Words that rhyme with posttemporal
- temporal
- transtemporal
- bitemporal
- extratemporal
- intratemporal
- multitemporal
- nontemporal
- spatiotemporal
- supratemporal
- anterotemporal
- antitemporal
- atemporal
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- auriculotemporal
- basitemporal
- basotemporal
- biotemporal
- centrotemporal
- corticotemporal
- cotemporal
- dorsotemporal
- frontotemporal
- geotemporal
- hypertemporal
- inferotemporal
- infratemporal
- intertemporal
- isotemporal
- laterotemporal
- mediotemporal
- microtemporal
- midtemporal
- monotemporal
- nasotemporal
- occipitotemporal
- omnitemporal
- ophthalmotemporal
- orbitotemporal
- parietotemporal
- phylotemporal
- physiotemporal
- pretemporal
- pseudotemporal
- rostrotemporal
- septotemporal
- sociotemporal
- spectrotemporal
- sphenotemporal
- subtemporal
- superotemporal
- tritemporal
- unitemporal
- ventrotemporal
- visuotemporal
- zygomaticotemporal
Questions about posttemporal
- What does posttemporal mean?
- Posttemporal means situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes.
- What part of speech is posttemporal?
- Posttemporal can be an adjective or a noun.
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